International Overdose Awareness Day: QMJC discuss assumptions about ‘ageing cohort’ of people who use drugs known as ‘Trainspotting Generation’
The Qualitative Methods Journal Club (QMJC) entry for August provides [...]
International Overdose Awareness Day: ‘Benzodiazepines implicated in 73% of Scottish drug deaths’
For International Overdose Awareness Day, Natalie Davies examines the role [...]
‘Dangerous data.’ Drinking after dependence part 3 The gloves come off; the Rand report
Support for the feasibility of controlled drinking in a 1976 US report was likened to “playing Russian roulette with the lives of human beings”.
Co-developing the SURE Recovery app
The SURE Recovery app is for people who are using [...]
QMJC July 2021: HIV risk behaviours among a cohort of Black women in the US
The latest Qualitative Methods Journal Club (QMJC) from July is [...]
‘Dangerous data’: drinking after dependence part 2: A gentlemanly start
Mike Ashton of Drug and Alcohol Findings continues his serialisation [...]
Number of drug-related deaths in Scotland the highest since records began
Statistics published on 30 July 2021 by National Records of [...]
What is needed to eradicate hepatitis C in Welsh prisons?
As part of the Welsh Parliament’s 2019–2021 inquiry into the [...]
World Hepatitis Day 2021
This year’s theme is ‘Hep can’t wait’
Evidence spotlight: drug safety testing
Rob Calder and Natalie Davies review the literature to see what can be learned about the effectiveness of drug safety testing and what circumstances are necessary for it to reach its full potential. They find that the answer to whether the intervention works depends on what the desired result is, which can vary by country and policy context.