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Give
street addicts special rooms to inject safely, says drugs charity |
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A Drugs charity is calling for heroin addicts
in Wales to have access to injection rooms where they can score
the drug in safety [icWales, UK] |
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Don’t
be seduced by enticing ideas on drugs |
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Here are no easy answers to tackling the drugs
menace in society, and while politicians’ attempts to get
tough on the issue have led to only limited success, it’s
unlikely that any radical departure from current policy would
deliver better results [icWales, UK] |
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Cocaine
galore: a tidal wave of drugs |
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It's white, illegal, and washing up in unusual
quantities on the beaches of Cornwall and south Wales [Independent,
UK] |
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Criminal
(In)Justice |
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Returning to the drugs field after an absence
of 8 years (although still working with many young drug users)
I am appalled and dismayed at the state of the services offered
to people with drug and alcohol issues [Rant Sanctuary blog] |
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Haslam
to be quizzed by Commons panel |
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Barry Haslam will be giving evidence about
the problems of addiction to prescription drugs in the House
of Commons next month [Benzo.org, UK] |
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Alcohol
abuse costing Scottish economy £2.25bn a year |
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Scotland's problem with alcohol abuse is costing
the economy billions in health, crime and lost working days [Times,
UK] |
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A&E
staff to train in tackling alcohol abuse |
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Medics working on the frontline are planning
to tackle the country’s growing alcohol problem head-on
[Irish Examiner] |
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Czech
Republic Launches Automatic Syringe Machines To Curb Spread
Of HIV, Other Diseases Among IDUs |
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The Czech Republic recently installed two automatic
syringe machines in the capital of Prague in an effort to curb
the spread of HIV and other bloodborne diseases among injection
drug users [Medical News Today, UK] |
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Minister
Wallace warns alcohol advertising executives of the need for
full compliance with the new advertising codes |
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Speaking at a briefing session on the revised
Codes organised for alcohol companies’ advertising executives
and their advertising agencies, the Minister said that Government
was extremely concerned about the impact of alcohol advertising
on young people in particular [Department of Health and Children,
Ireland] |
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Insite
supporters bring battle to Parliament Hill |
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Protesters angered by federal government's
plan to appeal B.C. court decision keeping Vancouver safe-injection
site open [Globe and Mail, Canada] |
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Needle
exchange's mobility questioned |
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City councillors concerned program is missing
target [Times Colonist, Canada] |
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DEA
Requirements for DATA- waived Physicians |
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This document provides guidance to physicians
who treat narcotic addiction using buprenorphine drug products,
schedule III controlled substances, in the treatment of narcotic
dependence [DEA, USA] |
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Preventing
the Retail Diversion of Pseudoephedrine |
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The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of
2005 established retail sales and purchase transaction limits
in grams for scheduled listed chemical products which includes
pseudoephedrine drug products [DEA, USA] |
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Narcotics
situation in Russia extremely tense – drug control official |
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[ITAR-TASS, Rusia] |
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