drugs
These items look at different drugs of addiction, including alcohol. Social, spiritual, physical and other factors are considered. See also the 'addiction' index.
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A night on the town (triple helix - winter 2011)
key points - Street Pastors is an initiative set-up by Ascension Trust in 2003 as an inter-denominational Christian response to gang culture, alcohol misuse and anti-social behaviour on the streets of London. The movement has grown to over 220 groups in the UK and abroad. Each local group is made...
Drugs & alcohol: why should we care? (triple helix - spring 2010)
Derrett Watts challenges our attitudes to substance misusers - key points - From a seminar he gave to doctors and students from across Europe-Eurasia at the 2008 ICMDA conference, the author examines substance misuse from both medical and Christian perspectives, concentrating on our atitudes to the...
doctors call for tough alcohol measures (nucleus - winter 2009)
Doctors in the UK have called for a comprehensive ban on all forms of alcohol advertising to curb rising alcohol consumption. The call was made in a report published by the British Medical Association (BMA) in addition to other proposals, including a rise in the minimum price of alcohol, an...
CMF Submission: selling alcohol responsibly - 31/7/2009
Submission from the Christian Medical Fellowship to the Home Office Consultation: Safe. Sensible. Social. Selling alcohol responsibly: a consultation on the new code of practice for alcohol retailers Introduction - The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is an interdenominational organisation with more than 4,500 British doctors as members. All are...CMF statement on alcohol and crime (15/5/2009)
The Government has launched a new consultation on a proposed mandatory code on alcohol sales, which aims to tackle alcohol-related crime/disorder, and also reduce the massive NHS bill caused by excessive drinking. The Home Office consultation runs for 12 weeks. Its proposals include: - banning irresponsible drinks promotions (eg 'all you can drink...Read Full Release...
Christian Medical Fellowship backs Chief Medical Officer in his call for minimum price for alcohol (16/3/2009)
The UK's largest organisation of Christian doctors has today backed Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson in his call for a minimum price for alcohol. Under this proposal, no drinks could be sold for less than 50 pence per unit of alcohol they contain. The Chief Medical Officer said this morning that the measure would add around £1 a month to...Read Full Release...
Cannabis – an Independent view? - Broadsheet comes clean at last (triple helix - spring/summer 2007)
After ten years of campaigning for the decriminalisation of Britain's most widely available drug, the Independent newspaper has decided to come clean. In dramatic fashion, its 18 March front page announced an apologetic U-turn over its position on the legalisation of cannabis.[1] Many of us recall...
Cannabis + mental health (triple helix - winter 2007)
Dominic Beer weeds out the truth about cannabis - Key Points - Cannabis is a controversial illegal drug. There is increasing disquiet about its recent reclassification as a Class C drug. An enlarging body of research and expert opinion suggests that it causes a great deal of mental ill health...
CMF joins its voice to the growing criticism of the Government's Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England (1/9/2005)
The government's education-based 'sensible drinking' strategy for countering alcohol misuse is 'not evidence based' argues Chris Cook in this summer's edition of CMF's Triple Helix magazine. Cook, a former consultant psychiatrist working in the field of alcohol misuse argues that the government approach is built on false presuppositions. 'Research...Read Full Release...
Head to Head - Should we prescribe methadone for drug addicts? (triple helix - spring 2004)
John Latham and Robin Fisher explain their contrasting positions. - 'Yes!' John Latham is a GP trainer in inner-city Dublin - Heroin addiction is a chronic disease with associated morbidity and mortality as well as forensic, public health and social consequences. Methadone has been increasingly...