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Wired
In Recovery Community, South Wales |
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It gives me such a pleasure working in this
field, in particular working with people who have overcome or
are trying to overcome serious substance use problems [the prof
speaks out] |
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Nearly
one in 10 Welsh prisoners test positive for drugs |
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Shadow Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan, who obtained
the figures, said: “Prisons should be drug-free environments,
yet evidence proves that hundreds of prisoners in Wales have
access to drugs while behind bars [Western Mail, UK] |
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Skunk
'psychosis risk' warning |
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People who smoke the strongest form of cannabis
- known as skunk - may be more at risk of psychosis than those
who use milder forms, UK researchers claim [BBC, UK] |
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Signing
up to NI 115 |
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I’ve been taking a look at the Local
Priorities website to see which authorities have signed up to
delivering on National Indicator 115, part of the set that makes
up PSA 14. That’s the one which is about reducing the substance
misuse by young people [Drug Education News, UK] |
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Fair
Deal |
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Fair Deal for Mental Health Campaign launched
at Imperial College [Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK] |
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Public
open to stronger tobacco control measures |
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Public support for smoke-free measures is still
on the rise a year after the introduction of England's ban on
smoking in public places, new research shows [Net Doctor, UK] |
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Revised
Voluntary Code on Alcohol Advertising fails children and young
people |
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The revised voluntary code on alcohol advertising
launched (July 1st by the Department of Health and Children fails
to protect children and young people from being exposed to a
barrage of alcohol advertising claims the [National Youth Council
of Ireland] |
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New
York Times Still Not Seeing the Elephant... |
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First off, I would like to thank the New York
Times for continually calling out the failure of drug prohibition
policies, most recently in the July 2nd Late Edition Editorial.
However, one particular section of it I found troubling [D'Alliance,
USA] |
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Getting
The Facts Straight on Drug Use, Policing Sentencing and Incarceration |
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The great thing about the Internet is that
the facts behind policies are actually available to all of us,
and are not simply the province of remote policymakers and wonks
in ivory towers [Drug Law Blog, USA] |
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If
Asked About Drug Use on Job Application, Be Honest |
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Advice given in reply to a letter [Washington
Post, USA] |
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The
World Health Organization Documents Failure of U.S. Drug Policies |
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The United States has some of the world's most
punitive drug policies and has led the cheering section for tough "war
on drugs" policies worldwide, but a new international study
suggests that those policies have been a crashing failure [AlterNet,
USA] |
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Volatile
Substance Misuse: A Review of Interventions |
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Examining literature about interventions designed
to combat volatile substance misuse. 182-page PDF [Department
of Health and Aging, Australia] |
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News
letter |
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4-page PDF newsletter [Victorian Alcohol and
Drug Association, Australia] |
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The
benzylpiperazine (BZP) / trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP)
and alcohol safety study |
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An estimated 20 million doses of these party
pills have been sold legally in New Zealand over the past six
years. 38-page PDF [National Drug Policy New Zealand] |
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Milestones
in Drug Policy |
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Milestones in Drug Policy, Judge Says Homegrown
Solutions Are Best [Scoop, New Zealand] |
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Tobacco
displays increase risk of teens smoking |
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New research from New Zealand confirms international
evidence that tobacco displays encourage children to start smoking
[Scoop, New Zealand] |
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How
Might Cocaine Interfere with Brain Development? |
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Women addicted to cocaine often continue drug use through pregnancy,
despite risks to the fetuses they are carrying. Multiple studies
have attempted to identify the effects of cocaine and other commonly
abused drugs on fetal brain development and behavior in clinical
populations [PLoS] |
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