Welcome to the Effectiveness Bank Bulletin, an update service provided by the Drug and Alcohol
Findings project. This service alerts you to recent evaluation studies with important practice
implications. Though tailored for the UK, this selection will be of international interest.
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UK STUDY CONCLUDES THAT MINIMUM ALCOHOL PRICING AND PROMOTION CONTROLS WILL BRING MAJOR BENEFITS
Commissioned by the English Department of Health, the first study to model the impacts of different
policies by integrating data on pricing, promotion, purchasing, consumption and harm concludes that
raising the price of drink or banning some promotions can bring major health and social benefits.
Scotland's government is listening, the rest of the UK less so ...
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Meier_PS_12.txt
METHADONE-MAINTAINED DO JUST AS WELL AS OPIOID-FREE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY RESIDENTS
Are therapeutic communities incompatible with methadone maintenance? Not when staff have been
prepared to accept and work with methadone patients and programmes adapted to accommodate them. Then
patients stay as long and sustain abstinence from illegal drug use just as well as other residents
...
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Sorensen_JL_10.txt
UNIVERSAL PROVISION VERSUS TARGETING PREVENTION AT HIGH RISK YOUTH
Is it best to focus prevention efforts on youngsters most likely to use substances - or will that
miss out many future users who could have benefited from these efforts? This well informed and clear
analysis concludes that we just can't predict well enough to risk leaving some youngsters out ...
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Derzon_JH_5.txt
TOO FEW SYRINGE DISPOSAL SITES? CAFE, CHURCH AND SHOPPING CENTRE TOILETS CAN PLUG THE GAP
What happens when city authorities ask retail and service premises to host syringe disposal bins in
their toilets? In Melbourne, there were misgivings, but when the bins meant customers and staff
could avoid discarded syringes, they were welcomed and retained, disposing of over 2000 syringes a
month ...
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Devaney_M_1.txt
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