Russell Brand By Mariam Ghaemi Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:00 AM THE BOSS of a Suffolk drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity has told MPs the number of people criminalised for possession should be reduced. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name and email address you gave us when you signed up Continue reading
Russell Brand By Mariam Ghaemi Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:00 AM THE BOSS of a Suffolk drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity has told MPs the number of people criminalised for possession should be reduced. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. Continue reading
Comedian and actor Russell Brand is seen addressing the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. Photo: REUTERS/Parbul TV via Reuters TV British comedian and former heroin addict Russell Brand has told lawmakers that addicts should be treated with love and compassion and not as criminals. Brand said drug dependency should be treated as an illness and called for more “abstinence-based recovery” as he gave evidence to a parliamentary committee reviewing government drug policy on Tuesday Continue reading
British comedian and former heroin addict Russell Brand told lawmakers on Tuesday that addicts should be treated “with love and compassion” and not as criminals. Continue reading
A new drug approved by the French health administration says it can cure alcohol dependency. But is using drugs to cure another drug addiction really the best way to go about recovery? Continue reading
Don McHenry remembers the time, back in the 1980s, when he walked through a West Seneca field that later would become the Renaissance Campus. He walked the grounds with Richard J. Continue reading
MONTREAL – Fear is the only thing keeping downtown Montreal from having a supervised injection site (SIS) for drug users, health care and drug dependency experts from across Canada said Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in September that Vancouvers Insite centre could not be closed because it would jeopardize the health and lives of its users. Continue reading
MONTREAL Fear is the only thing keeping downtown Montreal from having a supervised injection site (SIS) for drug users, health care and drug dependency experts from across Canada said Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in September that Vancouver’s Insite centre could not be closed because it would jeopardize the health and lives of its users. In December, Montreal’s public health department released a report calling for the creation of three supervised injection sites and one mobile unit. Continue reading
“We want to divert people out of the criminal justice system into early medical assessment and treatment.” Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: The Advertiser SA Drug and Alcohol Services helped 3071 low-level drug users avoid prison sentences and equipped them to beat dependency last financial year. Under the drug diversion program those referred by police or courts increased from 2546 in the previous 12 months. Continue reading
