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Personal
Story of Chris Hobbs |
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Chris Hobbs is a member of our Cardiff community
of volunteers, who I first met when he came out with us to lunch
with Pavel Nepustil, visiting from the Czech Republic [the prof
speaks out] |
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You
say you want a revolution ...
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Recovery is big news at the moment, but where
do its origins lie and what can we learn from other fields about
using this political and essentially liberating approach in a
policy context that is often coercive and beyond all things hates
to be called liberal? [Sara McGrail, UK] |
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Background
briefing |
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Professor David Clark begins 'A journey into
and out of heroin addiction' [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Back
of the net |
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Getting a 12-step abstinence service taken
seriously in Liverpool needed some serious tactical planning,
says Jacquie Johnston-Lynch [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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A
badge of pride |
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DDN hears how agencies in Ireland and Wales
are joining forces to bring a uniquely Celtic approach to harm
reduction [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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A
new definition of recovery |
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The UKDPC has just unveiled a statement that
it hopes will tune the drug and alcohol field into a new recovery-focused
culture. Will it succeed? [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Reaching
them young |
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Offering young people drug and alcohol advice
at their first brush with trouble can be highly effective in
diverting them from harmful usage, says Mike Blank [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Robust
interventions |
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Devising better practice for young people with
multiple drug and alcohol problems [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Notes
from the alliance |
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We've got the government's ear on user involvement,
says Daren Garratt [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Alcohol
fuels Scotland's high homicide rate |
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The study found that there were 500 killings
in Scotland over a five-year period and 5,000 suicides over six
years, figures that, proportionately, are almost double those
for England and Wales [Guardian, UK] |
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Off-licence
alcohol ban proposed for under 21s |
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The age limit for buying alcohol in supermarkets
and off-licences would be raised from 18 to 21 in Scotland under
proposals from Holyrood ministers that intend to confront alcohol
misuse among teenagers [Times, UK] |
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Toast
to whisky as UK exports rise above £11 billion |
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Whisky is leading an export boom of British
food and drink, with south-east Asia one of the fastest-growing
markets [The Scotsman, UK] |
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Record
drug seizures hit heroin supplies |
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The price of heroin is soaring on Melbourne's
streets as authorities seize record amounts of the drug at Australia's
borders [Herald Sun, Australia] |
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Ecstasy
use not linked to heroin drought: study |
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The surging use of ecstasy and other amphetamine-type
drugs is not a result of the heroin drought, research shows [SMH,
Australia] |
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Security
Council Resolution 1817 (2008) |
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Acknowledges the mandate and the leading role played by INCB
in international drug control [INCB] |
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Glycosmedia |
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The editor of Daily Dose is also the editor of a new portal
for diabetes information [Jim] |
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