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As we enter ‘recovery month’ with its impressive array of activities all over the country, the questions raised by
our cover story (page 8) are particularly apt. How do you make recovery a meaningful concept right through the
treatment system and relevant to providers as well as clients? Cumbria’s experience seems like a case study
worth sharing, with the willingness of different organisations to address the needs of the area’s diverse
communities. It’s a story that illustrates the terms co-production and asset-sharing and fills them with meaning.
Talking of shared experience, Findings editor Mike Ashton gives a guided tour of the most amazing resource
on page 14. The matrices, with their wealth of free information, offer must-read documents that will help you
understand the evidence base for whatever area of addiction treatment you work in – a godsend for practitioners
and commissioners. Dip in and take a look – the links are all there for you to benefit from the largest live drug and
alcohol library in Britain.
And we begin our own good practice initiative in this issue with the launch of our ‘Exchange’ feature on page
12, where Natasha Bray starts us off with a successful naloxone training idea. Please get in touch with us if you’d
like to share your innovative work by emailing DDNexchange@cjwellings.com – we’d love to hear from you.
FEATURES
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NEWS FOCUS
Police stop and search policy is exacerbating racial inequality in the criminal justice
system, says a new report from Release and LSE.
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SPREADING ROOTS –
COVER STORY
How do you make recovery visible and relevant to a diverse community? Ashley Gibson
shares Cumbria’s experience.
14 INTO THE MATRIX
Exploring
Findings’
new matrices opens up a vast resource of addiction treatment
evidence that no practitioner should be without. Editor Mike Ashton gives a guided tour.
16 OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
KCA chief executive Ryan Campbell talks to David Gilliver about how services can take
advantage of the new commissioning landscape.
REGULARS
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NEWS ROUND-UP
: Black people six times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs • New
psychoactive drug deaths double • Scots record second-highest number of drug deaths • US signals softer
stance on drug sentencing for non-violent offenders • News in brief.
10 LEGAL LINE:
Release solicitor Kirstie Douse answers your questions. This issue: I’ve been attacked but
the police refuse to help because of my drug use.
10 LETTERS
:
On the bandwagon; High and dry; Seeing red; Are you a social worker?; Make music.
11 FAMILY MATTERS
:
Adfam’s Family Voices competition turns the darkest times into inspiration for other
families, says Joss Smith.
12 LIFE-SAVING KNOWLEDGE
:
Launching our DDN good practice exchange, Natasha Bray of the Wallich
Community House Team shares how she delivered a successful naloxone training initiative.
13 MEDIA SAVVY:
Who’s been saying what..?
15 POLICY SCOPE
:
What is happening to the commissioning landscape and how will it affect us,
asks Marcus Roberts.
19 SOAPBOX
:
It’s time to overcome our paralysis on tackling young people’s drug use, says Kate Iorpenda.
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