ISSUE 3 2000 1425Kb PDF file

KEY STUDY
Education's uncertain saviour 1857Kb PDF file

A 20-year series of studies evaluating a relatively unsung US programme kept hopes alive that school lessons can prevent drug use. The work is impressive but is it convincing enough to salvage a prevention role for education?

IN PRACTICE
Gone but not forgotten 449Kb PDF file

Two small British alcohol projects overcame the obstacles and tested their performance against the bottom line - what happens to clients when they leave. Their experience is a challenge to others; it can be done, so why do so few agencies do it?

LETTER
If longer is better for drug users, why not for drinkers? 170Kb PDF file

Correspondents explore why brief interventions are so prominent in the alcohol field yet not in the drugs field and ask whether the evidence supports this divide.

LETTER
Which outcome tool should you use? 141Kb PDF file

Correspondents assess the benefits of the simplicity of the Christo Inventory for Substance Misuse Services against the more comprehensive Maudsley Addiction Profile.

REVIEW
Tackling Alcohol Together: the evidence base for a UK alcohol policy 160Kb PDF file

Douglas Cameron reviews the book Tackling Alcohol Together which provided much of the evidence base for the English national alcohol policy announced in 2004. The authors of the book reply to his criticisms.

GLOSSARY
Third glossary of technical terms related to the evaluation of interventions 188Kb PDF file

Updated and additional scientific and statistical definitions adapted to the

Contributor: Mike Ashton
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