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New
drug treatment pilot launched |
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An innovative new trial to get drug users to
complete treatment and stay off drugs for good was announced
today by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo [NTA, UK] |
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Voucher
incentives for drug users |
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Drug users are to be offered vouchers for things
such as gym membership and to pay utility bills to encourage
them to comply with treatment programmes [BBC, UK] |
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Alcohol
squad to target 10 towns |
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A specialist squad is to be set up to help
towns with the most drink-related hospital admissions fight their
alcohol problems, the government will say [BBC, UK] |
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Are
alcohol squads a good idea? |
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Alcohol support squads are planned for the
10 towns with the most drink-related hospital admissions, to
encourage people to seek help for hazardous drinking. [Guardian,
UK] |
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Drugs
team tests out acupuncture |
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A drug and alcohol team in north Wales is using
acupuncture to help young people stop misusing substances [Children
and Young Peole Now, UK] |
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Paying
the Price |
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This report presents current and projected
needs for mental health services and their related costs. Summary and Full
report PDF [King's Fund, UK] |
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Study:
Marijuana potency increases in 2007 |
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Marijuana potency increased last year to the
highest level in more than 30 years, posing greater health risks
to people who may view the drug as harmless, according to a report
released Thursday by the White House [New York Times, USA] |
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US
House passes drugs fight bill |
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The US House of Representatives has approved
a three-year plan to tackle drug trafficking from Mexico, Central
America and the Caribbean [BBC, UK] |
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Drugs
flowing into jails - Ombudsman |
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Victorian prisoners are getting high because
jail security procedures are too lax to keep out illicit drugs
[The Australian] |
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Tax
on alcopops sets off alcohol lobby war |
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With most health and drugs groups arguing the
Government should tax drinks uniformly by volume of alcohol,
the drinks industry has turned out in force to protect its interests
at the Senate inquiry into the new and controversial tax on alcopops
[SMH, Australia] |
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Methadone
Maintenance Therapy Starts in Ukraine |
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The programmes are being implemented by the
International HIV/AIDS Alliance with funding from the Global
Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria [IHRA] |
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Highs
of a world where drugs are legal |
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The global legalisation of drugs would raise
the Third World out of poverty [The First Post, UK] |
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UN
High Level Meeting on AIDS: Statement from Youth RISE |
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Youth RISE (Resource.
Information. Support. Education) is an international youth network
for reducing drug-related harm [IHRA] |
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UN
Security Council targets heroin in Afghanistan |
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The U.N. Security Council called Wednesday for better cooperation
from nations that aren't complying with an international treaty
that seeks to restrict chemicals used in Afghanistan's heroin
trade [Yahoo] |
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Afghans
seize 'largest drug haul' |
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Afghan police working with British special forces have uncovered
a drugs stash of 237 tonnes of hashish [BBC, UK] |
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