This service updates you with developments at the DRUG AND ALCOHOL FINDINGS web site
http://findings.org.uk.
ISSUE 9 of the DRUG AND ALCOHOL FINDINGS magazine first published in 2003 is now available free of
charge as downloadable PDFs (Adobe Acrobat files). Access by clicking this link:
http://findings.org.uk/issuesResults.php5?issueChoice=issue+9
or the BROWSE MAGAZINE link on the home page.
This message introduces you to the final set of NUGGETS, each of which analysed an important new
'what works' evaluation.
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WHY DID DTTOs FAIL SO OFTEN IN ENGLAND BUT NOT IN SCOTLAND?
Though rare in Scotland, failure was the norm for drug treatment and testing orders (court-ordered
treatment as an alternative to normal sentencing) in England and Wales, leading to high reconviction
rates. Findings asked the obvious question - why? Two studies supplied the answers.
Choose DTTOs: THE SCOTTISH WAY... from the issue 9 listing or go direct to:
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_9_9.pdf
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FAMILY TRAINING BOLSTERS THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL EDUCATION
In this US study supplementing a leading classroom-based curriculum with evening sessions to improve
parent-child interaction (the Strengthening Families Program) led to 30% fewer 12-13-year-old
children starting to drink in their early teens. The same programme is now being trialed in Britain.
Choose FAMILY PROGRAMME IMPROVES ON SCHOOL LESSONS from the issue 9 listing or go direct to:
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_9_10.pdf
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POLICE-LED DRUG PREVENTION LESSONS ONLY WORK WHEN THE REINS ARE LOOSENED
The first randomised trial of the popular US DARE drug prevention curriculum for pupils of secondary
school age found its police-led lessons ineffective unless supplemented by activities which involved
parents, pupils and communities as active participants and leaders.
Choose SECONDARY SCHOOL DARE INEFFECTIVE... from the issue 9 listing or go direct to:
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_9_11.pdf
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Further information from [log in to unmask] or by replying to this e-mail. FINDINGS is managed
by DrugScope, Alcohol Concern and the National Addiction Centre, the two leading UK drug and alcohol
information charities and the UK's leading clinical/research centre. The Effectiveness Bank project
is supported by the J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust (http://www.jpgettytrust.org.uk) and the
Pilgrim Trust (http://www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk).
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