Well I'm going to be Twittering live from a conference again. Just in case you didn't already know DDN magazine and The Alliance are holding the 3rd National Service User Conference on the 4th of February in Birmingham. This is shaping up to be a great day, but don't worry if you can't get there as I've been invited to Twitter the whole day.

In this episode of Hooked I'm interviewing Harry Shapiro the Director of Communications and Information at Drugscope. We spoke at length about the way the press stigmatises people who use drugs, the direction drug treatment and drug legislation is going and the need for balanced drug services.

Because of the recent Anthrax outbreak in Scotland I've decided it is time to rewrite my self detox handout.

This handout is designed to help people stop using heroin without the need for a substitute script.There are many reasons people chose to self detox, and over the years I've used versions of this handout with lots of people who tell me its helpful.

In this episode of Hooked I'm interviewing Levent Akbulut from Students for Sensible Drug Policy UK. We spoke about the recent conference the SSDPUK put on which included some of the big names in drug activism. We also spoke about the protest that the SSDPUK organised to support David Nutt after he was sacked from the ACMD last year.