DRINK AND DRUGS NEWS :: Archived features

26.02.07

Finding faces in the crowd
Many of the 400,000 people with hepatitis C in the UK do not know they have the disease - so how can we encourage testing and get them into treatment? The NTA has set testing targets while the Scottish Executive has launched an ambitious action plan, as DDN reports.

Drugs in prison: who's controlling who?
Drugs are taking over the prison system and a strategy overhaul is dangerously overdue, suggests Professor Neil McKeganey.

Licensed to booze
Is the Licensing Act working, or has it simply reinforced our heavy drinking culture?, asks Don Shenker.

Architect of change
Maggie Telfer OBE talks about her work at Bristol Drugs Project, and using her experience to build a project in Kenya.

Working lives
Sarah Morgan shares her experience as substance misuse developmental manager at Styal Women's Prison.

Post-its from practice
Bezodiazepines aren't always the bad guys, says Dr Chris Ford.

Letters
Responses to recent DDN features.

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