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REVIEW
Pressure pays 592Kb PDF file

The UK increasingly relies on court-ordered treatment to reduce drug-related crime, but can this really do the trick? Distinguished British expert Philip Bean assesses the evidence.

STUDY
NTORS: the most crucial test yet for addiction treatment in Britain 1044Kb PDF file

FINDINGS analysis of the influential national English drug treatment evaluation study questions the key estimate that every extra £1 spent on treatment saved over £3 in the costs of crime alone.

REVIEW
How brief can you get? 841Kb PDF file

Three pioneering British studies dating back to the late '70s showed that alcohol problems could be reduced without intensive (and expensive) treatments. The implications were and remain immense, the controversy fierce.

FOOL'S GOLD
False dawn for drug-free schools in Taiwan 381Kb PDF file

In Taiwan, under-resourced schools, pressured to make unrealistic drug use reductions, found that fiddling the figures was the only way to avoid being seen to fail. Public and politicians thought things were fine until researchers uncovered the truth.

GLOSSARY
Second glossary of technical terms related to the evaluation of interventions 255Kb PDF file

Updated and additional scientific and statistical definitions adapted to the context of drug and alcohol interventions.

STUDY Methadone treatment cost-effective life saver 255Kb PDF file

STUDY Arrest referral breaks drugs-crime cycle 217Kb PDF file

STUDY Coerced arrest referral as early intervention 224Kb PDF file

STUDY Promising approach to dual diagnosis 217Kb PDF file

STUDY Harm reduction education works but only with current drinkers 222Kb PDF file

STUDY Deviant drug use susceptible to education 634Kb PDF file

STUDY Community mobilisation cuts drinking and drug use, but implementation complex and costly 334Kb PDF file

STUDY Treatment staff matter as much as the drug 223Kb PDF file

STUDY Buprenorphine safer than methadone for less dependent patients 217Kb PDF file

STUDY Cost effectiveness of alcohol treatment improved by cutting inpatient stays 216Kb PDF file

STUDY Stepped care for drinkers yet to prove itself 224Kb PDF file

STUDY GPs moderate risky drinking in elderly 211Kb PDF file

STUDY Students respond to brief alcohol intervention 223Kb PDF file

STUDY Advice and referral curb drinking in alcohol dependent hospital patients 209Kb PDF file

STUDY Shared care encourages GPs to treat addiction 228Kb PDF file