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A new bulletin has been published collecting together the latest documents added to the Effectiveness Bank. To view the whole bulletin click the following link: http://findings.org.uk/docs/bulletins/Bull_06_10_11.php or click the links below to view an entry in the bulletin. If clicking does not work, paste the link in to your web browser address box, being sure to enter the whole address. ************************************** *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 ************************************** 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 is supported by Alcohol Research UK (formerly the AERC). You have received this message via another mailing list. To receive these messages directly sign up at: http://findings.org.uk/index.php#signUp