30-01-2008
Subutex:Suboxone use by prison inmates
HMP and NOMS North East Area have commissioned a booklet following work with Lifeline Project to address the problems related to Subutex use by inmates. The release of the booklet follows a controversial Channel 4 Newsnight item and an article in Druglink Magazine, which highlighted the need for coherent information and practices with inmates.
Lifeline and HMP Officers discuss the production of the booklet in the clip below:
Pages from the booklet can be viewed at www.lifelinepublications.org
Channel 4 news - View >>
Guardian and Druglink
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Who do they tell? (A46)
8 page booklet detailing the records that are kept by drug services about their clients and in what circumstances information is shared. Includes information about the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System and the Treatments Outcome Profile.
Alcopops Poster (K1)
The poster and postcards feature information on: drinking, driving and overcrowding cars; advertising; alcohol content; drinking to appear hard, risky situations; drinking alone and helping friends. Space is provided for local information.
Discussions on Personalisation
Video discussions inside.
The future of the Drugs Field
'We are now at a stage, based very much on the evidence rather than any supposition, where the 'clear link' between drugs and crime as identified over a decade ago is being described according to one view as 'moronically simplistic'. That's not how we saw it back then. Although our sociology may have been flawed, we weren't knowingly dealing in falsehoods.'