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		<title>A new documentary shows how the effects of addiction can lay whole families to waste</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Observer has a long piece looking at the Channel 4 programme aired last night, Mum Loves Drugs, Not Me&#8230; :
I was bathing Lacey one night and she said, &#8220;Nanny, could Mummy die if she carries on taking drugs and drinking?&#8221; And I said, &#8220;Yes, she could, but we&#8217;re going to work very hard to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1867&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drugs charity sets up network for grandparent carers &#8211; Children &amp; Young People Now</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children &#38; Young People Now report the happy news that Adfam &#8211; one of our members &#8211; has been funded to develop a London wide network of grandparent carers:
Vivienne Evans, chief executive of Adfam, said: &#8220;There is currently a chronic lack of support and a host of complex problems facing grandparent carers. The money will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1137&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Politics Show East Midlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Politics Show in the East Midlands had a report this Sunday on grandparents looking after their grandchildren as a result of parental drug and alcohol problems.
The show includes an interview with Eric Carlin, Chief Executive of Mentor UK and Chair of the Drug Education Forum.
It will be on the BBC site until the end [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=476&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forgotten Families &#8211; The needs and experiences of grandparents who care for children whose parents misuse drugs and alcohol</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adfam and Grandparents Plus have a new report, Forgotten Families, looking at the experiences of grandparents who look after grandchildren whose parents misuse drugs and alcohol. They point out:
It is estimated that there are between 200,000 and 300,000 children in England and Wales where one or both parents have serious drug problems – 2-3% of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=372&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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