Public Health England: ‘Preventable bacterial infections remain a problem’
Bacterial infections may be less likely to make the headlines [...]
50 years of the Misuse of Drugs Act and the ACMD
A post marking 50 years of the legislation which introduced [...]
How photos used to illustrate articles about alcohol and other drugs may perpetuate stigma
Dr. Stephen Parkin writes about some of the inadvertent consequences [...]
SABAA project and the overlap between autism and addiction: Julia Sinclair talks to the SSA
SABAA is an SSA funded project looking at the overlap [...]
Chemsex, sexualised drug use and sexual health outcomes: Matt Hibbert talks to the SSA
Dr Matt Hibbert recently published a systematic review of sexualised [...]
Reframing the debate about drug consumption rooms
To continue May’s harm reduction theme, Natalie Davies writes about [...]
Alcohol and suicidality in the ‘Place of Safety’: John Robins talks to the SSA
“Alcohol intoxication and suicidal intent are both very dynamic. People [...]
Addiction and the Family International Network: Richard Velleman talks to the SSA
“Family members are hugely neglected. They’re neglected in treatment, very [...]
In the news: needle exchange programmes
Natalie Davies examines an effort to increase regulations on needle exchange programmes in West Virginia, at a time when the state was experiencing an outbreak of HIV related to injecting drug use.
The best of harm reduction
Rob Calder writes about this important, and sometimes hotly debated, [...]