Welcome to Effectiveness Bank alerts from Drug and Alcohol Findings, alerting you to site updates
and new evaluation research. This bulletin collects together selected new studies and reviews with
important practice implications. Though tailored for the UK, it will be of international interest.
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MORE HARM REDUCTION NEEDED TO CURB HEPATITIS C IN ENGLAND
Trends in hepatitis C infection among recent initiates to drug injecting in England between 2004
(when a national action plan was launched) and 2008 indicate the importance of reinvigorating and
extending the coverage of harm reduction measures such as needle exchange and substitute
prescribing.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Hope_VD_5.txt
MALE AND FEMALE DEPRESSED DRINKERS REACT BEST TO DIFFERENT THERAPIES
Australian study provides the first evidence that integrated treatment may be superior for depressed
heavy drinkers, and raises the intriguing possibility that men react best to alcohol-focused
therapy, women to a depression focus.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Baker_A_16.txt
ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWNS MAKE DRUG MARKETS MORE VIOLENT
Updated review finds that the link between enforcement and violence in studies to date suggests that
crackdowns which fail to suppress an illicit drug market may simply make it more violent.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Werb_D_6.txt
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