27-07-2008
Film Exchange on Alcohol and Drugs. Preview initiative - Part 3.
This material was created with a diverse range of contributors willing to share their experience, talent and knowledge with others inside and outside the drug and alcohol field. More coming soon.
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Alcopops Poster (K1)
The poster and postcards feature information on: drinking, driving and overcrowding cars; advertising; alcohol content; drinking to appear hard, risky situations; drinking alone and helping friends. Space is provided for local information.
Who do they tell? (A46)
8 page booklet detailing the records that are kept by drug services about their clients and in what circumstances information is shared. Includes information about the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System and the Treatments Outcome Profile.
Drug-War Milestone: Record levels
Drug-related searches and offences in the UK have now reached unprecedented levels. First, drug-related stops & searches by the police in England & Wales climbed to a record level of 405,000 in 2006/07, up from just 32,500 in 1986. This constitutes a twelve-fold increase in 20 years, and amounts to over 1,100 drug-related stops & searches per day
Z-drugs on the RADAR
Lifeline has periodically been running a type of early warning research called RADAR. One of the issues that was highlighted was the injection of zopiclone and other (so called) z-drugs in the north east of England.