Drug and Alcohol Findings home page in a new window EFFECTIVENESS BANK BULLETIN 7 January 2008

The entries below are our accounts of documents selected by Drug and Alcohol Findings as particularly relevant to improving outcomes from drug or alcohol interventions in the UK. Entries were drafted after consulting related research, study authors and other experts and are © Drug and Alcohol Findings. Links to source documents are in blue. Hover mouse over orange body text for explanatory notes.

In 2007 a clutch of government-commissioned reports shed light on the now superseded drug treatment and testing order and on new criminal justice initiatives under the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) umbrella. Though phrased more diplomatically, verdicts ranged from pointless and botched through worthwhile but limited to distinctly promising, though the latter could only be said of the least drug-focused of the initiatives – arrest referral for under-18s.


Botched DTTO response to crack using offenders ...

Treatment on bail makes little discernable difference ...

Testing on arrest scatter gun nets some extra treatment entrants ...

Testing children pointless but arrest referral offers early intervention opportunities ...

‘Most promising' alcohol prevention programme tried with poor black US families ...

Self-financing resident-run houses maintain recovery after treatment ...

Concern over abstinence outcomes in Scotland's treatment services ...