These are pretty much all the links I use of a regular
basis - I'll add more as I think of them. If there's
anything you reckon I'm missing out on, please click the
link at the bottom and Get In Touch.
A unique service that enables the families and friends
of people inside to keep in touch with their loved ones
via email. Probably capable of making a bigger
contribution to reducing reoffending rates on the
outside and suicide and self harm rates on the inside
than anything the Ministry of Justice could ever
imagine. Priceless. Spread the word, and if you have
loved ones inside, use it.
The Home Office Website for Crime Reduction
Advocacy support and a helpline for people in
treatment.
While remaining healthily agnostic on many of these
issues, I can honestly say the Transform Blog is
undoubtedly the best constructed critique of
prohibition out there.
Campaigning for the Human rights of Children and Young
People in the United Kingdom
Still the only international daily news source for
drugs and alcohol. Getting better all the time. But
don't you feel sorry for the guy who has to start each
day thinking about drug policy? You reckon we should
all club together and get him a holiday?
Possibly the most impenetrable site architecture of any
government department but still useful if you have the
time to wade through it all
Check out the now legendary Drink and Drugs News
Letters page - watch polite professional disagreements
transform into bitter lifelong grudges before your very
eyes. Compulsive reading!
The new all-singing and dancing DrugScope web page -
now with added Shapiro - Pull up a stool in Harry's
blog and learn some
Slowly being digitised, Findings is one of the best
resources for comprehensible information about the
scientific evidence for what we do in the world.
Anoraks on boys and girls for all things NDTMS
The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse -
the most useful section I find is the publications
list. Get Models of Care, Research briefings and more
here
or The National Drugs Helpline as it used to be known.
Fried brain anyone?
Drug Strategy HQ - you'll find the national strategy
and loads of info about DIP here.
Telling the truth about the criminal justice system
The best place to ring if you're a confused DAT
co-ordinator or CDRP manager. Well, next to ringing me
of course. Even if you're not in London, give them a
go, they'll usually help.
The International Home of Harm Reduction. Start saving
now to go to Liverpool for the anniversary conference
in 2010
Substance Misuse Management in General Practice - home
to the famous SMMGP forums. A great resource for
everyone interested in substance use in primary care.
Not yet an ex strategy, but hovering close to the edge
of the perch. Read it while you can .....
Proof positive that the best information is out here in
cyberspace not in Whitehall! Andrew Browns excellent
Drug Education Blog.