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Meeting
a growing recovery community in the North-West of England |
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It’s great fun talking to and working
with people in recovery. I’m a proud man being in this
field [the prof speaks out] |
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My
experience of methadone reduction |
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So I decided to write my own reduction plan,
as I was on weekly pickup it was possible for me to measure it
myself and discard the remainder. I decided on 10% drops every
week, until I was completely off it [I did it my way, UK] |
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Teenage
clicks could save lives |
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Young people and adults in Warwickshire facing
problems can receive online counselling from an award-winning
service this month [The Courier, UK] |
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Methadone
Legal under the UN Drug Conventions, according to.....UN Drug
Conventions! |
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Over the past week, the HR2 team has been reading
through our recently arrived (and notoriously difficult to obtain)
copies of the Official Commentaries on the 1961, 1971 and 1988
UN Drug Conventions [HR2] |
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Substate
Estimates from the 2006 NSDUH |
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This report presents estimates of the prevalence
of substance use or mental health problems in substate regions
based on data from the combined 2004-2006 National Surveys on
Drug Use and Health [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Nonmedical
Use of Pain Relievers in Substate Regions: 2004 to 2006 |
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Data from SAMHSA's 2004 to 2006 National Surveys
on Drug Use and Health were combined in order to determine rates
of nonmedical use of pain relievers in each of the 345 substate
regions of the U.S. [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Multimedia
Highlights: Director Walters on Dr. Drew Live And CNN Report
on Potency |
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Yesterday, Director Walters appeared on Dr.
Drew Pinsky's nationally syndicated radio show to discuss the
disturbing increases in potency we're seeing in U.S. marijuana
[Pushing Back, ONDCP, USA] |
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Drugs
and crime in Central America and the Caribbean |
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Caught in the crossfire between the world's
biggest suppliers and consumers of cocaine, countries in Central
America and the Caribbean are suffering the consequences of the
international drug trade [UNODC] |
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Anti-boozing
ads aimed at parents |
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Parents will be the target of a TV ad campaign
that highlights how hard drinking in the home could cause teenagers
to become alcohol abusers (The Age, Australia) |
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