Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 15 Issue 1

A retrospective outcomes evaluation of cannabis use at an addictions center

Gil Kovac, Yasir Abbasi, David Owens

– The purpose of this paper is to retrospectively evaluate outcomes measured for patients attending the Leeds Addiction Unit (LAU) for cannabis use disorders.

Are we doing enough to enhance attendance to aftercare? Service users’ evaluation of a group relapse prevention programme for alcohol dependence

Indiresh Anand, Avril Smith, Kelly-Jo Charge, Christos Kouimtsidis

The purpose of this paper was to evaluate and improve the quality of the aftercare services we provide for alcohol dependence. This presentation discusses the patient satisfaction…

The investment and regenerative value of addiction treatment

Steve Iafrati

– The purpose of this paper is to show that despite welfare retrenchment and political rhetoric towards welfare, spending on residential addiction treatment should be protected.

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS): clinical and pharmacological issues

Fabrizio Schifano

The purpose of this paper is to provide health professionals with novel psychoactive substances (NPS) clients with up to date information relating to the background, clinical…

What have we learned and what can we do about NPS?

Oscar D'Agnone

The purpose of this paper is to describe and summarize the recent emergence of NPS onto the drug market. To show the international and national responses, legal and guidance. To…

Smørrebrød or Smörgåsbord: the Danish and Swedish drug users unions: contexts, aims, activities, achievements

Mikael Johansson, Jørgen Kjær, Blaine Stothard

The purpose of this paper is to first, inform readers of the roles, activities and contexts of drug users unions in Denmark and Sweden. Second, to show the achievements and…

Mutual dependence and the “Goldilocks group”: exploring service user dependency on mutual aid recovery groups

Thomas James Parkman, Charlie Lloyd

The purpose of this paper is to explore the theme of dependence on mutual aid identified in a previous paper. It is a theme which to date, has had very little empirical attention…

Novel Psychoactive Substances: Classification, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Russell Newcombe

Round up

Christine Goodair

Directions for 2015

Axel Klein