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Welcome to Effectiveness Bank alerts from Drug and Alcohol Findings, alerting you to site updates and new evaluation research. Issue 15 of the Drug and Alcohol Findings magazine published in 2006 is now being made available as free downloadable PDFs (Adobe Acrobat files). These are the first three Nuggets, each analysing an evaluation study with important practice implications. To view click on a link or paste it in to your web browser address box, being sure to enter the whole address as a single line with no spaces. ************************************** FOUR-WEEK NALTREXONE INJECTION EXTENDS OPIATE ABSTINENCE The first placebo-controlled trial found that a long-acting injection of the opiate-blocking drug naltrexone nearly doubled the time heroin dependent patients were retained in abstinence-based treatment, potentially creating an opiate-free space during which to construct non-addicted lifestyles. http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_15_1.pdf NALTREXONE AIDS PRIMARY CARE ALCOHOL TREATMENT The large-scale US COMBINE study reinforced evidence that the opiate-blocking drug naltrexone also helps dependent drinkers and extended its potential to the kind of drinkers and the kind of treatments found in primary care settings. http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_15_2.pdf DRINK-DRIVING CUT BY 30-MINUTE TALK WITH HOSPITAL PATIENTS Risky drinkers admitted to a US hospital following a traffic accident had fewer arrests for drink-driving after a short talk with hospital staff about their drinking, the first such finding and one which strengthened the case for hospital-based brief alcohol interventions. http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_15_3.pdf ************************************** Drug and Alcohol Findings is managed by DrugScope, Alcohol Concern and the National Addiction Centre, the two leading UK drug and alcohol information charities and its 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). You have received this message via another mailing list. To receive these messages directly sign up at: http://findings.org.uk/index.php#signUp