Resources
| Published date | 01 September 1989 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058903600315 |
| Date | 01 September 1989 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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RESOURCES
Reports,
notes
of
mdeos
and
information
packs
etc,
suitable
for
digesting
m
this
column
will
be
welcomed
Crack
on
Drugs
Project
Icarus,
the
health
education
charity,
offer
The
Substance
in
Ques-
tion,
a
33
minute
video
guide
to
the
major
illegal
drugs
of
abuse,
stimulants,
hallucinogenics,
hyposedatives
and
opiates.
A
‘To~torro~’s
world’
presenter
takes
you
through
the
origins,
pharmacology
and
effects,
in-
tercut
with
users’
comments
and
’A
I?octor
Speaks’.
Straightforward,
un-
preaching
and
objective,
it
should
pro-
ve
informative
to
workers
and
students
seeking
a
beginner’s
guide,
and
a
helpful
ingredient
in
Schedule
Eleven
programmes,
though
trainers’
notes
aren’t
provided.
Price
£~~.~~
(VHS)
or
£14.95
on
two
weeks
hire,
from
214A
Havant
Road,
Drayton,
Portsmouth
P06
2EH.
Action
on
Addiction
held
the
first
national
conference
in
July
to
examine
the
medical
and
social
issues
raised
by
the
cocaine
derivative
’Crack’.
Materials
available
include
an
information
sheet
on
the
use
and
effects
of
the
substance,
a
paper
by
Dr
Griffiths
Edwards
on
’the
state
of
scientific
knowledge’
and
another
by
Dr
John
Strang
on
treatment
and
rehabilitation.
From
33
Millman
Street,
London
WCIN
3EJ.
Race
and
Staff
West
Midlands
Probation
Service
offers
a
video
plus
trainers’
manual
and
the
offer
of
a
free
one-day
training
course
with
Community
Roots
College
on
the
use
of
the
video
for
training
purposes.
Pj
hasn’
seen
the
material
yet
and
the
flier
blurb
isn’t
a
wonderful
examples
of
clarity
and
good
marketing.
However,
the
issues
explored
within
this
important
topic
ate:
’Acceptance’
-
receiving a
new
member
of
the
team
and
the
importance
of
initial
impres-
sions ;
’Policy’
~-
equal
opportunities
promotion
and
development;
’Prac-
tice’ ;
’Supervision’
-
how
white
managers
struggle
with
Equal
Oppor-
tunity
realities.
From
Training
Section,
1
Victoria
Square,
Birmingham
Bl
IBD,
price
&90
+
VAT
(preview
at
~111
deductable).
Also
available
from
WMPS,
The
Quality
of
Life,
a
video
on
HIV
and
AIDS
made
in
conjunction
with
the
Terrence
Higgins
Trust.
The
issues
covered
are:
learning
that
you
are
HIV
positive,
the
medical
facts,
prejudice
and
sexuality,
death
and
dying,
safe
sex,
professional
issues.
The
price
of
£ha
includes
a
one-day
training
pro-
gramme
in
the
use
of
the
video.
Benefits
Guides
A
new
series,
Benefits
Reference
and
Training
Guides,
from
the
Benefits
Research,
Unit
at
Nottingham
Univer-
sity
in
association
with
Notts
Welfare
Rights Service,
has
kicked
off
with
Benefits
and
Young
People
at
£4,
covering
Income
Support
and
the
new
rules
for
16
and
17
year
olds,
Benefits,
HIV
and
AIDS
at
£3,
detailing
the
benefits
applicable
to
people
with
HIV
infection,
and
A
Guide
to
Means-Tested
Benefits
at
£5
on
Income
Suppc~rt,
Housing
Benefit
and
Family
Credit.
In
preparation are
The
Social
Fund
and
The
Poll
Tax.
Available
from
the
Unit,
Cherry
Tree
Buildings,
Nottingham
NG7
2RD.
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