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The March/April issue of LDAN News looks at the demise of the London Health Improvement Board, and the introduction of the London Health Board, from April 2013, in its place. It also reports on the final event of the LDAN Domestic Violence project, and the first ever Recovery Festival, which took place in London in March. It looks at the Men and Masculinities programme for perpetrators of domestic violence with drug and alcohol problems, and provides a policy update on the Police and Crime Plan for London and new guidance for Health and Wellbeing Boards.

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The latest edition of LDAN News reports on plans to introduce a compulsory abstinence scheme for offenders in London modelled on the HOPE project in the United States. It visits the London Borough of Islington for a tour of its drug services, and talks to Simon Vallance about managing the FOCUS programme for offenders. This issue also includes a policy update on welfare reform and discusses a new report challenging common misperceptions about intergenerational worklessness and the "culture of dependency".

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The November/December edition of LDAN News focuses on club drugs and the way services in London are shaping up in response to changing drug habits. The main articles takes in the work of the new club drug clinic in the borough of Haringey, while the issues also feature an article by Monty Mocrieff, CEO of London Friend, on the challenges of setting up a LGBT club drug clinic. The issue also reports the latest DrugScope conference, while a tour of services in Hackney is featured.

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The September/October edition of LDAN News leads with a story raising doubts over the future of the London Health Improvement Board. The issue also contains a London specific round-up of a DrugScope members’ public health survey, a tour of Southwark with Iain Gray of the local DAAT, while Alesa Rahman, project coordinator at DASL’s Women on the Streets service, reflects on the challenges facing east London following the Olympics.

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The latest edition of LDAN News features articles on the Hep C challenge for London, the latest London Council funding priorities following their recent consultation, and the launch of St Mungo’s Rebuilding Shattered Lives campaign. The edition also includes a look at the annual update of the Government’s Drug Strategy, and reports on DASL’s Silver Lining service.

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The May/June edition of LDAN News takes a look at the worsening state for Homelessness in the capital, and reviews the latest Stonewall Gay and Bisexual Men’s Health Survey and the effects of drug and alcohol use for gay men. Other news stories include cannabis cultivation in the city, and an update on the Troubled Families initiative.

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The March/April edition features interviews with the London Mayoral candidates as we get their views on drug and alcohol issues ahead of the election. Other stories include proposals for alcohol sobriety orders in the capital, plus news from the latest Mixmag clubbers survey and reports of rising TB rates in London.

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The January/February issue features a look at London getting the UK's first Police and Crime Commissioner. Other stories discuss the new Sentencing Council Guidelines, the debate over the legal status of khat and a new report from the Science and Technology Select Committee which takes a look at how the introduction of alcohol units has affected attitudes and behaviour towards drinking.

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The November/December edition highlights the launch of LDAN's research into women involved in prostitution. There is also a report into the National Treatment Agency Annual Treatment Stats and news items on how alcohol is the top priority of the new London Health Improvement Board and London's declining cocaine use.

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DrugScope/LDAN have produced a new briefing explaining how the arrival of Elected Police and Crime Commissioners might impact the drug and alcohol sector. While elections for most of the police forces across England aren’t due to take place until November, the transition happened in the capital at the beginning of the year, with the Mayor assuming the responsibilities of Police and Crime Commissioners. Day to day responsibilities will rest with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime currently chaired by the deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse.

To see the briefing, follow this link: http://tiny.cc/LDAN_PCC