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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
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