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BELOW-COST BAN WOULD STOP FEWER THAN 1 IN 50 ALCOHOL DISCOUNT OFFERS
As the British government reportedly tussles over whether to set a minimum per unit price for
alcohol, evidence from Newcastle that their (so far) preferred alternative of a below-cost ban would
have prevented less than 1 in 50 discount offers.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Adams_J_1.txt
REMARKABLE PREVENTIVE IMPACTS FROM GRADE 1 CLASS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE
From the researchers involved in the trials, a practitioner-friendly account of research on the
classroom management technique implemented in the first years of schooling which has led to
remarkably strong and persistent impacts on substance use and other problems in later life.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Kellam_SG_6.txt
ADVOCACY FOR PROBLEM DRUG USERS; OPTIONAL EXTRA RATHER THAN AN ESSENTIAL
The first investigation of the commissioning and provision of advocacy services for problem drug
users in England comes to the disappointing conclusion that far from being seen (as per national
guidance) as essential, in practice it is usually an optional extra which gives way to competing
priorities.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Cargill_T_1.txt
COUNSELLING NEEDED FOR AFTERCARE CALLS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
For alcohol- (and often cocaine-) dependent patients treated in Philadelphia, spending on average
another nine minutes to offer counselling as well as progress checks during aftercare phone calls
made the difference between a programme which did rather than did not consistently improve on usual
arrangements, at least while it was operative.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=McKay_JR_21.txt
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