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*revised* TREATMENT STAFF IN JOB CENTRES MODESTLY INCREASE TREATMENT ACCESS
In three high drug use urban areas in England, treatment staff were placed in job centres to
facilitate the referral of unemployed substance users to treatment. It worked, but not well enough
to recommend a national roll out. Still the benefits of closer links between the services seemed
clear and wide ranging.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Fisher_C_1.txt
GO-FOR-IT APPROACH HELPS US DUAL DIAGNOSIS PATIENTS FIND JOBS
Compared to more gradualist approaches, with appropriate support targeted at rapidly achieving this
objective, far more mentally ill problem substance users in the USA were enabled to find competitive
employment in the open labour market rather than sheltered placements.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Mueser_KT_6.txt
SCHOOL-BASED ALCOHOL PREVENTION BEST WHEN IT DOES NOT TARGET ALCOHOL
This authoritative review says that school programmes which work best at preventing youth drinking
problems are not specifically about alcohol at all, but instead target problem behaviour more
generally.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Foxcroft_DR_5.txt
*new* LEGAL CURBS DID RESTRICT CANNABIS AVAILABILITY AND USE IN SWITZERLAND
Studies of a natural experiment in Switzerland in the 2000s suggested that the effective
re-criminalisation of cannabis production and distribution did diminish availability and use of the
drug. The results contradict other findings suggesting that national policies have little effect on
cannabis use.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Killias_M_2.cab
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