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Contents
editor’s letter
ON THE COVER
‘As we celebrate recovery,
let’s credit harm reduction’
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New support for Ketamine users, p6
4
NEWS
Highest ever levels of drug-related deaths; Trump ‘responds’ to opioid crisis.
6
STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH
Sara Woods asks Mat Southwell and Amy Massey for some informed harm
reduction advice on ketamine.
8
LASTING IMPRESSIONS
We need to be ready to help young people at the formative stages, say
Addaction and YoungMinds.
10 BREAKING POINT
Lack of investment is gambling with lives, says the Drugs, Alcohol and Justice APPG.
10 MEDIA SAVVY
The news, and the skews, in the national media.
11 A DIFFERENT WAY
Stopping the rise of DRDs needs an innovative approach, says Neil McKeganey.
12 THE ‘EXPLOSION’ THAT NEVER HAPPENED
At the end of the 1980s the threat of a crack epidemic loomed large. Mike
Ashton and Natalie Davies separate fact from fiction.
14 LET’S PUSH FORWARD!
The dynamic iCAAD team are having an amazing year – get involved!
16 FAMILY INSIGHT
A CQC inspection has given Haringey’s Insight Platform team further
momentum for life-saving interventions.
17 LEGAL LINE
Nicole Ridgwell gives you the nuts and bolts on CQC.
18 THE BIGGER PICTURE
Lucy Mauger describes the background to Addicted Parents, the BBC
documentary on Phoenix Future’s specialist family service.
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s we enter ‘recovery month’ there’s no better time to
reinforce harm reduction – the route to recovery, and the
reason it’s sustainable. What works for one person won’t
work for another and we need to open every door to better health.
At a recent parliamentary group participants voiced their
anxiety about the way drug treatment is being compromised by
lack of funding and prioritisation (page 10). There were calls for a
new approach, condemnation of punitive measures, and yet more
warnings about a looming public health crisis. All were concerned
about taking the strain off the NHS by tackling chronic health
conditions that could be treated at a much earlier stage by
enhancing drug and alcohol treatment.
So as we celebrate recovery, let’s use this vibrant demonstration
of success to credit the role of harm reduction. How many people
who celebrate their number of years ‘clean’ nearly lost their life to
an overdose? How many owe their life to a drug or alcohol worker,
mentor or friend in the right place at the right time, who knew
essential harm reduction or had a naloxone kit?
As always we try to bring you the information you need, and
this issue’s cover story focuses on the much misunderstood drug
ketamine (page 6). The Findings team offer a fascinating insight
into a hyped-up crack epidemic (page 12), while Addaction and
Blenheim share their work supporting young people (pages 8 and
16). And we’re excited to announce a new feature – the iCAAD
knowledge hub. This innovative team are supporting a regular
column in DDN to showcase inspiring ideas, so p lease get it touch!
Claire Brown, editor
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