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Sharp
rise in prison drug seizures |
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The amount of drugs seized in British prisons
has increased sharply, new have figures revealed [Telegraph,
UK] |
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Conservative
Government would provide an additional 5,000 prison places |
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Prisons should be drug-free environments. It
is unacceptable that in a place where the authority of the State
should be absolute, the environment becomes infiltrated with
drugs [Telegraph, UK] |
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Our
booze blues |
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We know it brings chaos to our city streets,
we know it destroys families, we know it's responsible for violence
and domestic abuse, we know it's killing us, so why do we still
love to drink? [Sunday Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Our
booze blues: Why do we drink ... and can the government stop
us? |
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The SNP believe that to raise the age at which
we can purchase alcohol from shops to 21 will begin to tackle
the problems associated with binge drinking. I am in no doubt
that this is the wrong approach [Sunday Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Our
booze blues: case study |
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Linda McDonald and her daughter Nicola live
in Cromarty on the Black Isle. Four years ago Nicola had a terrifying
experience caused by drink [Sunday Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Hospitals
deny IVF treatment to smokers |
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Hospitals have been accused of rationing IVF
by denying the treatment to smokers, in a move that will reignite
debate about the right to NHS care [Observer, UK] |
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Smoking's
hidden death toll revealed |
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A study, led by experts in Glasgow, showed
heightened chances of dying from cancers of the colon, rectum
and prostate, as well as from lymphatic leukaemia [Scotland on
Sunday, UK] |
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Hey,
bashful – hormone may treat shyness |
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Researchers say that oxytocin could provide
a safe answer for millions of people who suffer from shyness
without them having to resort to alcohol to overcome the problem
[Times, UK] |
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Drug
use costing Cyprus more than €30 million a year |
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Drug related deaths in Cyprus are above the
European average, according to research presented yesterday in
the presence of the Health Minister [Cyprus Mail] |
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Washington
County to get high-tech gadgets for fight in war on drugs |
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A recent grant from the White House Office
of National Drug Control Policy to the drug task force will include
more than $100,000 worth of equipment and software [Pittsburg
Post Gazette, USA] |
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L.A.'s
homeless: A progress report |
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A new checklist indicates that we still have
a long way to go when it comes to solving the problem [LA Times,
USA] |
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Of
Alcohol Inhalers and Strong Marijuana |
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What do "alcohol inhalers" - devices
that allow individuals to inhale alcohol vapor, and thereby get
drunk without experiencing any hangover - have to do with the
much-touted increasing strength of marijuana? [Drug Law Blog] |
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