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STUDY 2008 HTM file
Testing on arrest scatter gun nets some extra treatment entrants

Starting in April 2006, drug testing on arrest and mandatory assessment for heroin or cocaine users netted more drug users but at the cost of net-widening to low-level offenders and perhaps just 1% of all those tested stayed in treatment for 12 weeks.

STUDY 2008 HTM file
Testing children pointless but arrest referral offers early intervention opportunities

In 2007 a report evaluated new criminal justice initiatives for under-18s in England: drug testing, arrest referral, and treatment and testing orders. Only voluntary referral which in practice did not focus on drugs was recommended for wider roll out.

STUDY 2001 PDF file 112Kb
Treatment and testing orders should make a substantial dent in drug-related social costs

DTTOs were the UK's first borrowing from US drug courts with judges in the driving seat of treatment in sentences intended to avoid prison for drug-driven offenders. This evaluation reveals plusses but also minuses in the form of widespread breaches.

STUDY 2001 PDF file 148Kb
Acupuncture: effectiveness still in doubt

Two US studies have to an extent contradicted previous pessimistic conclusions about acupuncture treatment for stimulant or alcohol dependence, but only partially and in atypical settings. Evidence remains insufficient to warrant reliance on the therapy.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 167Kb
Cocaine treatment nets benefits for society

Major US national project shows that even the least promising of cocaine dependents can dramatically cut drug use and crime, though it often takes long-term residential care. Less problematic clients generally do just as well in non-residential settings.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 179Kb
Mutual support helps sustain treatment gains

Three reports from the Los Angeles Target Cities Project suggest that attendance at mutual aid groups acts in synergy with formal treatment for stimulant dependence to improve and sustain outcomes.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 150Kb
Quality drug counselling can be at least as effective as professional psychotherapy

A major US government attempt to refine drug-free treatments for cocaine addiction confounded expectations by showing that well structured counselling approaches can better professionally delivered psychotherapies.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 148Kb
English residential rehabilitation services doing well but could do better

A report from the UK National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS) spotlights the achievements of residential services for drug users but more could be done to improve retention and it is unclear how much the treatment had to do with the outcomes.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 147Kb
Throughcare fails to build on prison treatment

A UK Home Office report reveals that proactive organisation of post-release treatment following treatment in prison is the exception. Reductions in drug use and crime would probably be greater if the barriers to arranging throughcare could be overcome.

STUDY 2000 PDF file 112Kb
Client-receptive treatment more important than treatment-receptive clients

A careful analysis of US drug counselling confirms that engaging with treatment is linked to good outcomes and that both depend on how well the counsellor relates to the client, which cannot be reduced to simplistic matching on gender and race.


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