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The following videos have been previously featured on the SMMGP Home Page, and are relevant to those working in the area of substance misuse in the UK. They are presented below in the order they were featured, with the newest at the top.

The Role of GPs in the Recovery Process

Featured Video: 13-Feb-2012
SMMGP acted as advisors to the RSA on this short film, which came out of their Whole Person Recovery project, about the role of GPs in the recovery process.
Hep C - The Facts

Featured Video: 06-Feb-2012
Lancashire Drug and Alcohol Action Team and DMC Media produced this piece of work to inform and educate individuals who may have Hepatitis C or are thinking of going on the interferon treatment. The story follows two people from Lancashire who share their experience of going on the treatment and how they got through it.
Lancashire User Forum DVD Promo

Featured Video: 30-Jan-2012
Introducing the Lancashire User Forum (LUF).
Martin Routledge on the Possibilities for the Personalisation Agenda

Featured Video: 23-Jan-2012
Martin suggests that Personalisation can be extended beyond Health and Social Care to achieve both efficiency and improved outcomes.
John Strang - Drug Policy and the Public Good

Featured Video: 16-Jan-2012
Professor John Strang, National Addiction Centre talks about his work over the past 5 years reviewing the evidence for effective treatment interventions.
Drug Consumption Rooms for the UK?

Featured Video: 09-Jan-2012
Neil Hunt gives a comprehensive presentation on issues and history surrounding Drug Consumption Rooms in the UK, at the HIT Hot Topics seminar in Liverpool (17 November 2011).
How the Amsterdam Drug Scene Changed 1975-2010

Featured Video: 02-Jan-2012
Independent consultant, and long-time drug activist, John-Peter Kools takes a walk up one of Amsterdam's oldest streets, the Zeedijk, outlining the history of the heroin based street drug scene that began there in around 1975. He documents the changes and significant events over the years, and explains how and why the street drug scene in central Amsterdam came to an end. A glimpse into the fascinating social history behind what is now one of Amsterdam's most popular tourist areas.
Sam Skolnik on the Societal Costs of Gambling in Las Vegas

Featured Video: 26-Dec-2011
Sam Skolnik, author of "High Stakes: The Rising Cost of America's Gambling Addiction", discusses the societal costs of gambling in Las Vegas ...What the explosive growth of legalized gambling means socially, politically, and economically for America.
Bruce Alexander on Alternative Views of Addiction

Featured Video: 19-Dec-2011
Bruce talks about a paradigm shift from the "official" view of drug use. He talks about "dislocation". People have to be part of a community, family, value system, spiritual beliefs... "if people don't belong they are hurting ...in the sense they are not going to be contributing..."
Alice Huffman: NAACP Passed a Resolution to End the War on Drugs

Featured Video: 12-Dec-2011
Alice Huffman's speech delivered at the opening session of the International Drug Policy Reform Conference 2011, Los Angeles, California.
Youth RISE for World AIDS Day

Featured Video: 05-Dec-2011
To mark World AIDS Day, Youth RISE has released a short animation video that highlights the vulnerability of young people who use drugs to HIV and solutions for mitigating the spread of HIV among these youth.
Garry Johnson: Pardon Non-Violent Marijuana Offences

Featured Video: 28-Nov-2011
Speaking at the 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference co-hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Garry Johnson (Former New Mexico Governor) said that as President he would establish a process for expediting pardons for those hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been convicted under federal law for nonviolent marijuana offenses.
We Need Stronger Leadership to End the War on Drugs

Featured Video: 21-Nov-2011
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom openly advocates the legalization of drugs as the solution to the country's drug problems while speaking to more than 700 people at the 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference co-hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance.
Through the Maze: Making Treatment Better

Featured Video: 14-Nov-2011
A recent presentation on "Barriers to recovery: Stigma and discrimination" by Associate Professor Julian Buchanan to the NZ Drug Policy Symposium entitled "Through the Maze: Making Treatment Better".
The State of Harm Reduction in Europe

Featured Video: 07-Nov-2011
A film crew of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) attended a recent meeting of the European Harm Reduction Network (EuroHRN) in Marseille and interviewed professionals and activists from several countries to give you an overview of the current state of harm reduction in Europe.

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