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Looking Back: A retirement interview with Jeff Lee

Format

Opinion piece, commentary

Themes

Prevention

Treatment

Health promotion

Recovery Support

Mental Health

Policy

Harm reduction

Jeff Lee is well known in the field of drug demand reduction and is a founding figure in the creation of ISSUP. For over four decades, Jeff has played a major role in drug prevention and has undertaken and managed projects in more than 80 countries around the world. Jeff finally retired in March from his role as a Senior Consultant for ISSUP. In a quick chat with Jeff, he offers us a glimpse into his successful career, lessons learned, upcoming adventures and hopes for the future.

ISSUP founder and Senior Consultant Jeff lee speaking at the United Nations in Vienna

The Power of Words: A Deep Dive into the Language of Addiction

Publication Date

27 February 2024

Format

ISSUP Webinar

Themes

Treatment

Recovery Support

Substances

Addiction

ISSUP Global presents its webinar on the Language of Addiction.

£421 million to boost drug and alcohol treatment across England

Format

News

Themes

Recovery Support

Public health

Treatment

It has been announced that local authorities across England will benefit from an extra £421 million government funding through to 2025 to improve drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery.

The extra funding will enable the creation...

From harm to hope: A ten year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives

Publication Date

6 December 2021

Format

Book

Themes

Addiction

Recovery Support

Policy

Treatment

Practice

Here you can read the UK governments 10-year plan to reduce illegal drug use.

The 10-year plan is also the formal, substantive response to the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all of her key recommendations...

Launch event: Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs, part 2

Format

Video and audio recordings

Themes

Policy

Practice

Prevention

Public health

Recovery Support

Treatment

Dame Carol Black's Independent Review of Drugs in England

Format

News

Themes

Addiction

Family

Prevention

Recovery Support

Treatment

The second part of Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs has been published. This report is the second part of a major independent review by Professor Dame Carol Black into the misuse of illegal drugs in England.

The first part of...

The Role of Nutrition in Addiction Recovery

Publication Date

8 April 2021

Format

ISSUP Webinar

Themes

Addiction

Health promotion

Practice

Treatment

Recovery Support

Join Khary Rigg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, and Kelly Miller, NTMC, Nutritional Therapist and owner of The Addiction Nutritionist LLC for a webinar exploring the connection between substance use disorder and nutrition.

Rights, Respect and Recovery: Scotland's Alcohol and Drug Treatment Strategy

Publication Date

28 November 2018

Format

Book

Themes

Addiction

Evaluation

Mental Health

Policy

Prevention

Public health

Treatment

Recovery Support

The Scottish Government has released the new Alcohol and Drugs Strategy, which aims to improve health by preventing and reducing alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths. There were a record 934 drugs-related deaths in Scotland in 2017...

Alcohol and Drugs Prevention, Treatment and Recovery: Why Invest?

Publication Date

12 February 2018

Format

Book

Themes

Prevention

Public health

Treatment

Recovery Support

Estimates show that in the UK the social and economic costs of alcohol related harm amount to £21.5bn, while harm from illicit drug use costs £10.7bn. These include costs associated with deaths, the NHS, crime and, in the case of alcohol...

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Row 4: The Talking Route to Recovery

Publication Date

3 May 2017

Format

Book

Themes

Training

Recovery Support

The Talking Route to Recovery

Time to consolidate the lessons of last five instalments of the online course on alcohol treatment research. Every treatment involves direct or indirect human interaction, but this row is about therapies in...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Managing the Talking Route to Recovery

Publication Date

22 March 2017

Format

Book

Themes

Practice

Public health

Training

Treatment

Recovery Support

Fortnightly instalment of online course on alcohol treatment research starts with a study which concluded that “leaders have a cascading impact on their staff in ways other than through mandate”. Findings that post-training ‘coaching’ is...

Whole Family Recovery

Publication Date

1 October 2013

Format

Book

Themes

Addiction

Family

Public health

Treatment

Recovery Support

Partner Organisation

Adfam

This document provides an overview of themes that emerged from the Adfam’s Whole Family Recovery and Alcohol Focus Groups and interviews. This research was conducted to scope the impacts of the recovery of someone with an alcohol problem on...