30-01-2008
Subutex:Suboxone use by prison inmates
HMP and NOMS North East Area have commissioned a booklet following work with Lifeline Project to address the problems related to Subutex use by inmates. The release of the booklet follows a controversial Channel 4 Newsnight item and an article in Druglink Magazine, which highlighted the need for coherent information and practices with inmates.
Lifeline and HMP Officers discuss the production of the booklet in the clip below:
Pages from the booklet can be viewed at www.lifelinepublications.org
Channel 4 news - View >>
Guardian and Druglink
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Who do they tell? (A46)
8 page booklet detailing the records that are kept by drug services about their clients and in what circumstances information is shared. Includes information about the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System and the Treatments Outcome Profile.
Alcopops Poster (K1)
The poster and postcards feature information on: drinking, driving and overcrowding cars; advertising; alcohol content; drinking to appear hard, risky situations; drinking alone and helping friends. Space is provided for local information.
Young People's Substance Misuse Services
This paper was originally intended to consider how young people's substance misuse services (YPSMS) integrate appropriately into the children's agenda at local level. However as there have been recent changes in relation to the funding, commissioning, and potential future of some services there is a need to consider wider issues. The paper argues that integrating services effectively and meaningfully still remains central to the survival of YPSMS. It is therefore important for the sector to begin to discuss how to continue to be successful, ensuring sustainability in a complex and changing policy arena...
New fears for Thai drug users
'Drug users and human rights groups in Thailand fear a repeat of the horrors of 2003. Lifeline will attempt to keep up-to-date with events in Thailand and post any news we receive on our web site.'