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1 November 2004
On behalf of
F EDERATION OF D RUG AND
A LCOHOL P ROFESSIONALS
Editor’s letter
The 21st Century approach
to tackling substance misuse
Drink and Drugs News in
partnership with:
European Association for
the Treatment of Addiction
Welcome to our very first issue of Drink and
Drugs News!
Brought to you by the Federation of Drug and
Alcohol Professionals and Wired, the magazine will
give you a round-up of what’s going on, who’s
saying what, and the latest issues for debate,
every fortnight.
You’ll see that we’ve teamed up with the
partner organisations listed on this page to bring
news and features from very different
perspectives. The other part of the equation, to
make this magazine a successful communication
tool, is you. The magazine will work best if you let
us know what’s happening in your workplace and
region. Let us know your experiences with clients,
and practical solutions that will help other readers.
This issue we catch up with Caroline Flint at the
Home Office, who shares some interesting thoughts
on drugs and crime. On the professional side, we
summarise FDAP’s revised code of practice, which
gives some helpful advice on those less than clear
work situations. But we’re not all about the official
side of work. Natalie’s story (page 6) and Dave’s
‘day in the life’ (page 12) illustrate what we’re all
about: demonstrating that treatment and support
services can, and most definitely do, make a real
and lasting difference to people’s lives.
We hope you enjoy this issue – but we’d be the
first to recognise that we’re not there yet. It’ll take
time to make sure the magazine’s representative of
your work and informative to those working in the
fields linking yours, whether in a treatment agency,
social services, a needle exchange, prison and
probation services, health service or social housing.
It’s been a hectic few months getting ready for
our launch and there have been many late nights
compiling the mailing list. If you work with
someone who should be on it, please let us know
and we’ll add them for the next issue.
Last, but not least, please write! Your letters
will make Drink and Drugs News a lively forum
for debate.
Editor:
Claire Brown
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e: claire@cjwellings.com
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www.drinkanddrugs.net
News Roundup
Reaching the hard to reach – FDAP’s
annual conference | Treatment funding
from the Scottish Executive | Research on
IDU infection from the Health Protection
Agency | Mentor Conference calls for more
4
family support
Interview
cover story
How to get the drugs out of crime
Caroline Flint MP talks about the
sustained support option, in breaking the
8
drug crime cycle.
e: office@fdap.org.uk Features Making the code
Website: How I became... www.drinkanddrugs.net
Website maintained by
Ash Whitney of Wired-up
Wales Natalie describes her route to heroin
addiction... and the beginning of her
6
pathway out FDAP’s revised code of practice gives
practical advice for every tricky scenario in
10
the substance misuse field.
Diary
12
Published by CJ Wellings Ltd Up close: WIRED A day in the life of...
Printed on environmentally
friendly paper by the
Manson Group Ltd Real world meets web communication at its
best, to help poople tackle substance
misuse. David Clark gives the story behind
7
the WIRED initiative. Dave Watkins, treatment agency community
support worker
Cover pic by Andy Paraskos
Events
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