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DRINK AND DRUGS NEWS :: Archived features

06.11.06

Tell it like it is!
What are the big issues for the drug and alcohol field? What would you like to put to policymakers? As DDN hits its second anniversary issue, we ask our partner organisations to get the ball rolling.

Towards a state of independence
Giving people the skills they need to live and work in the community is Adapt's purpose, from the minute they enter 'The Diana' centre in Norfolk. DDN visits a rehab with a mission.

Turning off the tap
Many drug users want to detox but can't face a difficult withdrawal from methadone.
David Wright shares the difficult journey from his decision to become drug free.

Working lives
Manjit Singh Johal, service user involvement and advocacy officer at Derbyshire DAAT, shares a career that transformed his desperation into peer support.

Notes from the Alliance
How can we do anything meaningful with user involvement, asks Daren Garratt.

Background Briefing
Prof David Clark explores conditioning models of addiction (part 3).

Letters
Responses to recent DDN features.

 

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