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Posted on: March 17th, 2023 by nialldcrowley
Canada: Winds of change
- Keeping Count – Should the UK be following
- Canada’s new drinking guidelines?
- British Columbia launches a three-year decriminalisation trial
- Funding increased for treatment and housing support
- The government plans to ban Nitrous Oxide
- Being a QAAD Trustee
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Posted on: December 7th, 2022 by nialldcrowley
- QAAD responds to the Home Office’s consultation
- The Scottish government consults on alcohol advertising and marketing
- Being a QAAD trustee
- Women and Alcohol: how the Women’s Independent Alcohol Service supported women in Bristol

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Posted on: September 8th, 2022 by nialldcrowley
- No Blame, No Shame – A community-based approach to women’s alcohol issues
- ‘Swift, Certain, Tough’ – The government publishes its White Paper on drug possession
- Being a Trustee
- The QAAD Director’s Annual Report from 2021
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Posted on: November 25th, 2021 by nialldcrowley
- The Chancellor takes a step in the right direction
- QAADNET meeting in December
- Scotland extends police discretion to Class A Drug posession
- Alcohol Change UK’s 2021 conference
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Posted on: September 9th, 2021 by nialldcrowley
- “Not fit for purpose…” Dame Carol Black publishes her report on illegal drugs
- QAADNET meeting at Britain Yearly Gathering
- ‘Drink – the deadly relationship between women and alcohol’ – book review
- QAAD Director’s 2020 report
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Posted on: June 19th, 2021 by nialldcrowley
- The government reviews the 2005 Gambling Act
- QAAD at Yearly Meeting Gathering
- Calming the ‘washing machine mind’
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Posted on: December 8th, 2020 by nialldcrowley
- Dry Januaries
- Save the date! QAAD’s first online event
- The Aftermath
- Prescription medication – unexpected harm
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Posted on: June 16th, 2020 by nialldcrowley
- Can we hope for a brighter future?
- Drink, drugs and COVID-19 – an emerging picture
- QAAD meets West Young Friends Area Network on Zoom
- Out of the darkness into the light
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Posted on: November 28th, 2019 by nialldcrowley
- Gambling with credit cards – an end in sight?
- What’s faith got to do with it? –
A new report investigates faith-based treatment - Minimum unit price in Scotland – promising signs
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Posted on: September 2nd, 2019 by nialldcrowley
- Addiction and recovery: an inside story
- Drug related deaths in Scotland
- 580 days of recovery
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