Recent bulletins from the 
drug and alcohol Bank:
UK evidence-based guidance on alcohol dependence treatment From the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, this impressive assessment of what evaluation research means for alcohol dependence treatment in Britain is distinguished by reviews of the latest literature on the sub-topics it covers; in some cases these starkly reveal the inadequacies of the evidence base.
UK evidence-based guidance on alcohol problem prevention In these UK national guidelines, experts prioritised population-wide changes like price rises and outlet restrictions which affect everyone, independent of the choices they make. But government prefers to target what they see as the troublesome minority, not the responsible majority.
Brief alcohol interventions: can they deliver population-wide health gains? Not so long ago, virtually universal screening of adult primary care patients, followed by a few minutes of advice for risky drinkers, was seen as a major way to reduce the burden of alcohol-related harm. Though still of national importance, ambition in Britain has been scaled back to screening new patients and/or those thought in advance to possibly be at risk. The rethink was driven partly by hotly contested research which seemed to show how difficult it was to implement universal programmes.
Local alcohol-related public health measures in england lack commitment and coherence When the alcohol policy support team of the English Department of Health visited local areas, they found an improving but often muddled and uncoordinated attempt to improve public health through alcohol-related interventions, attempts which often which lacked consistent commitment.
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