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Pace
Yourself: It's a Marathon |
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'One must be careful in carrying light to the
community to not leave one's own house in darkness.' [the prof
speaks out] |
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Young
People’s Specialist Substance Misuse Treatment: Exploring
the Evidence: Consultation |
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Invitation to comment on NTA guidance [NTA,
UK] |
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Nightclubs
get NHS drugs advice |
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Nightclubs are being given guidance from NHS
specialists on spotting the symptoms in someone who may have
taken drugs and when to summon medical help [BBC, UK] |
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Pregnancy
and injecting drug use |
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The case described in the Scenario box highlights
some of the problems of managing a pregnant injecting drug user
[BMJ, UK] |
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Mental
Health into the Maintstream" |
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This paper sets out the ADASS Mental Health,
Drugs and Alcohol Policy Network’s position in relation
to a list of criteria. 12-page PDF [ADASS, UK] |
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Ministers
meet to tackle problem premises |
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Police, local authorities and Government Ministers
met today to discuss stepping up the use of powers designed to
clamp down on those who sell alcohol irresponsibly [dcms, UK] |
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Advertising,
Alcohol and Adolescents |
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‘Where alcohol is associated with relaxation,
fun, humour, friendship and being ‘cool’, it is likely
to have some influence’- study [University of Leicester,
UK] |
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Drink
and drugs blamed as one in five shopkeepers suffers attack |
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The poll, carried out by Independent Retail
News, reveals that one in five British shopkeepers fell victim
to violent crime in the past 12 months. Most believe the crime
is fuelled by drink or drugs [The Scotsman, UK] |
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Should
they "know"? |
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So, what gives us the feeling that we MUST
provide the drug user or former drug user with an explanation
of the biological and chemical processes that are going on in
his brain? [What I've Heard blog] |
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Clement
to assess Quebec's safe-injection-site plans |
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Advocates in B.C. upset in light of Health
Minister's decision last week to contest ruling that validated
Vancouver's Insite program [Globe and Mail, Canada] |
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Alcohol,
Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too |
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Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous
offer benefits to adolescents, even if they eventually stop attending
meetings, says a study that included 160 teens enrolled at two
treatment centers in California [Medline Plus, USA] |
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NIDA
Explores Exercise as Drug Abuse Prevention Tool |
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Four million dollar grant initiative to spur
research [NIDA, USA] |
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New
Podcast: Will Congress Sabotage a Critical Mexico Anti-Drug
Initiative? |
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In this podcast, White House National Drug
Control Policy Director John Walters and Acting DEA Administrator
Michele Leonhart discuss the Administration's plans for combating
drug trafficking and related violence in Mexico and along our
Southwest Border [Pushing back, ONDCP, USA] |
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The
CURES Program: California Moves Toward Online Monitoring of
Prescription Drug Use |
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California is working to establish an "online
databank to crack down on doctor-shopping by narcotics abusers," and
Attorney General Jerry Brown on Wednesday expressed his support
for the monitoring plan [Drug Law Blog, USA] |
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3-year
school drug testing pilot program set for Detroit |
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A three-year pilot program could lead to random
drug testing at all public high schools in Detroit [Chicago Tribune,
USA] |
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Co-Exist
NSW |
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Co-Exist NSW is the first service in NSW to
assist people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
and their families living with comorbidity ... it is funded by
NSW Health - Centre for Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Office
[Co-Exist NSW, Australia] |
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New
Harm Reduction Coalition Launched for Police |
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The Burnet Institute's Centre for Harm Reduction
launched a new network and resource centre for police personnel
who are in support of harm reduction [IHRA] |
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