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p12 Day in/Events.qxd 29/10/04 8:36 pm Page 13 Events | up and coming 2 November A new agenda: moving forward in the post-alcohol strategy Annual conference includes up- dates and debate on the alcohol strategy. Speakers from DoH and NTA. Alcohol Concern, London. t: 020 7928 7377, e: [email protected] 8-11 November Putting the drugs business out of business Three-day conference to examine current strategies, structures and practices to tackle the drugs business, including international dimensions. ACPO, Manchester. t: 0800 542 9585, w: www.acpodrugs2004.co.uk. 9 November Symposium on addiction Includes Dr Adrian Bonner on the role that diet plays in treatment and rehabilitation. Salvation Army, Arbroath. Contact Major James McCluskey. t: 01307 469574, e: james.mccluskey@salva tionarmy.org. 10 November Alcohol in 2004: why are we pulling in different directions? The government approach to its strategy, debate on whether these measures will work, which key agencies will need to respond and how they will need to work together. Royal Institute of Public Health, London. e: [email protected], t: 020 7580 2731. 15 November Rural drug & alcohol prevention – a gap in the national strategy National conference on the need for a robust approach to substance misuse in rural and semi-rural areas. Keynote speaker: Minister for Rural Affairs, RT Hon Alun Michael MP. Mentor UK, Coventry. e: [email protected]. 17 November Drug-related deaths: exploring issues & finding solutions One-day conference on reducing drug-related deaths. Themes include: setting up confidential inquiry panels, working with injecting drug users to reduce risk of death, ambulance protocol/ policy for responding to over- doses, needs of BME com- www.drinkanddrugs.net munities and deaths in custody. Greater Manchester Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Manchester. Contact Salman Desai. t: 01204 492419, e: [email protected]. 18-19 November SSA annual symposium ‘Examining legitimacy, competence and effectiveness in primary and secondary care’. Society lecture will be by Professor Griffith Edwards. Society for Study of Addiction, York. Contact Christine Weatherill. t: 0113 295 1330, e: [email protected]. 24 November Tackling alcohol-related crime – an after-dark problem One-day conference to discuss how different agencies can work together to tackle alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour in the night-time economy. Capita, London. Contact Jasmin Matharu. t: 0207 808 5292, e: [email protected]. w: www.capita-ld.co.uk 24 November HIV and AIDS treatment One-day event with presenters from both the HIV and drug and alcohol sectors. Keynote presentation by Dr Mike Youle, Director of HIV Clinical Research at the Royal Free Centre for HIV Medicine. Other speakers include Annette Dale-Perera (NTA), Kathryn Leafe (Cranstoun) and Dr Peter Miller (National Addiction Centre). EATA, London. t: 020 7922 8753, e: [email protected]. 26 November Binge drinking: problems and responses Topics cover binge drinking and school students, adults, econom- ics, medical effects, Manchester City Centre Safe Project, reducing trouble in bars, a Canadian approach and harm minimisation. Addictions Forum, Bristol. Contact Addictions Forum at University of the West of England. t: 0117 328 8800. addiction can be addressed, particularly issues arising from differences between health service and voluntary organisations. London. w: www.conferencesandtraining.com Reduced rate for FDAP members 7-8 December NTA national conference The NTA’s second major conference will acknowledge significant improvements in drug treatment in England, identify challenges we still face, and set out the vision for the remaining three years of the current drugs strategy. NTA, London. w: www.nta.nhs.uk 2005 28 January Release drugs university IV ‘Drugs – the politics, philosophy and economics’ – the fourth Release Drugs University will examine the theme of drugs, the law and human rights. Speakers include: Professor Craig Reinarman, University of California; Shami Chakrabarti, Director, Liberty UK; Dr Peter Cohen, University of Amsterdam. Release, London. w: www.release.org.uk 21-22 February National drug treatment conference Two-day annual event. Exchange Conference in association with The Alliance. London. w: www.exchangesupplies.org or contact Monique at Exchange Conferences. t: 020 7928 9152, e: [email protected]. 19-21 May UK/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders Speakers will include Prof Carlo DiClemente, author or world- renowned research on the impact of treatment for alcoholism. Contact Deirdre Boyd. e: [email protected] Overseas events 3 December Dual diagnosis: mental health & drug addiction & alcoholism A detailed look at how the gap between mental health problems and alcoholism and drug challenges, alcohol – the forgotten addiction, and societal impact and accountability. Venice, Italy. International Council on Alcohol and Addiction (ICAA). t: 0043 2630 33230, e: [email protected]. w: www.icaa.ch. 1-3 November 6th European conference of European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association Three-day conference sharing views from European countries (East and West) and the rest of the world, share ideas with colleagues from many different countries and enjoy European culture. EUROPAD, Paris. e: [email protected], w: www.europad.org. 11-14 November 5th Annual national harm reduction conference Working under fire: drug user health and justice 2004. Housing, medical care, impact of drug use of families, needle exchange programs and new developments in the political and criminal justice arenas. Harm Reduction Coalition. New Orleans, USA. Contact Paul Santiago - t: +1 212 213 6376 x 15, e: [email protected]. w: www.harmreduction.org 25-27 November 7th international symposium on substance abuse treatment ‘21st century drug free treat- ment? Between evidence and belief’. Looking at whether treatment is more or less effective than in the early 1970s, and if not, what we should do. Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research. Denmark. e: [email protected]. Please email details of your events to: [email protected] 31 October–5 November 47th annual conference of ICAA ‘Visions for the Future’ will focus on responsive policy making, the media, treatment victories and Weblinks Alcohol Concern is the national voluntary agency on alcohol misuse. It works to reduce the incidence and costs of alcohol- related harm and to increase the range and quality of services available to people with alcohol- related problems. www.alcoholconcern.org.uk The Alcohol Information Scotland website provides a wide range of information on alcohol for Scotland. This includes statistics, research, publications, key policy documents and practice guidelines as well as links to useful websites. www.alcoholin formation.isdscotland.org Danos.info provides information, advice and guidance on using the Drugs and Alcohol National Occupational Standards (DANOS) to improve services to substance users. www.danos.info Drugsalcohol.info is the first regional drugs and alcohol website for professionals in Northern Ireland. www.drugsalcohol.info The Drug Misuse Information Scotland site provides infor- mation, statistics and research on drugs misuse in Scotland. Target users are policy makers, professionals, researchers, employers and the wider community. www.drugmis use.isdscotland.org DrugScope is the UK’s leading independent centre of expertise on drugs. It aims to inform policy deve- lopment and reduce drug-related risk. www.drugscope.org.uk The National Treatment Agency (NTA) is a special health authority, created by the Government in 2001 to improve the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse in England. www.nta.nhs.uk Tackling Drugs is the cross- government drug strategy website for drug professionals and others interested in the strategy. Content includes publications, events, Drug Action Team Directory, public drugs campaign resources, press releases and the national drug strategy. www.drugs.gov.uk 1 November 2004 | drinkanddrugsnews | 13