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MINIMUM ALCOHOL PRICE PLUS DISCOUNT BAN WOULD SAVE A LIFE A DAY IN SCOTLAND
A comprehensive mathematical model suggests that a 0.40 pound minimum price per unit of alcohol plus
a ban on discount promotions would cut drinking by 5.4% in Scotland, saving a life every day once
the policy fully takes effect, and over the first ten years saving £millions in public and private
sector costs.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Meier_PS_15.txt
INTENSIVE FAMILY SUPPORT REDUCES NEED FOR CHILDREN TO BE TAKEN IN TO CARE
This evaluation of an intensive child protection service for the children of substance misusing
parents was the first in Britain to recruit an adequate comparison sample, a vital step in assessing
effectiveness. Main finding: reduced need for long-term removal from the home.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Forrester_D_3.txt
POPULAR COMMUNITY PREVENTION PROCESS CUTS ADOLESCENT SMOKING AND DRINKING
With its appealing mix of science and community empowerment, the US Communities That Care prevention
process has spread to the UK and other countries. This first randomised trial confirmed that given
promising towns and rigorous execution, it can curb adolescent smoking and drinking, but not by as
much as its promoters in the US government suggested.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Hawkins_JD_3.txt
STARTING METHADONE IN PRISON IMPROVES POST-RELEASE TREATMENT UPTAKE
In the first US randomised trial, starting methadone maintenance in prison radically improved
treatment uptake on release, cut heroin and cocaine use, and may have saved lives. The downside is
that some prisoners who might have sustained abstinence on release find themselves leaving prison
dependent on methadone.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Kinlock_TW_6.txt
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