A major new event in the addictions landscape - the organisers claimed. To date, there hasn't been a Europe-wide meeting on addictions. Many smaller
Reduce alcohol consumption in illicit drug users: In the news
In 2012, we reviewed the evidence for talking therapies to reduce drinking among people who also use other drugs. This review was published by the
New BMJ personal view out now: Training in addiction medicine should be standardised and scaled up
Most health systems lack sufficiently trained doctors to reduce the public health consequences of this problem, writes J
New article out now: Wake up the doctors and teach them addictions
Addiction medicine has been 'practically untaught' for decades, but that's starting to change... Read the full text of my
Writing Together: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth?
July 29: Nurse Liz Charalambous has shown how a Facebook group can really help boost writing (careers, June 3). We would like to take this idea one
International AIDS conference and the role of Drug Policy #IAS2015
Dr. Evan Wood speaks at #IAS2015 conference in Vancouver, on How Drug Policy should respond to the HIV Epidemic. International AIDS conference
Survival of the bitterest: Why dancers are good role models for scientists
What do dance and science have in common? What makes a successful choreographer or scientist? In this post, I speculate about the bitterness of the
Getting the most out of the Conference of the College on Problems of Drugs Dependence #CPDD2015
June 15, 2015 – The conference of the College of Problems on Drugs Dependence took place in Phoenix, Arizona. When I learned that my paper was
Voice to Voice Book launch June 18, 7 pm, Lost + Found Café, 33 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC
Thursdays Writing Collective invites you to celebrate the launch of our seventh anthology, Voice to Voice!Thursday, June 18, 2015Lost + Found