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The
Future Redefinition of Treatment |
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Treatment will be viewed as something that
happens in indigenous networks of recovering people that exist
within the broader community. The shift will be from the emotional
and cognitive processes of the client to the client’s relationships
in a social environment [the prof speaks out] |
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World
Drug Report 2008 |
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As in previous years, the present Report is
based on data obtained primarily from the annual reports questionnaire
(ARQ) sent by Governments to UNODC in 2007, supplemented by other
sources when necessary and where available. 8.85 MB PDF [UNODC] |
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UNODC
launches 2008 World Drug Report |
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The World Drug Report 2008, the UNODC flagship
publication, was launched in New York today by Executive Director
Antonio Maria Costa [UNODC] |
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Rewriting
history |
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A response to the 2008 World Drug Report. 10-page
PDF [Transnational Institute, Netherlands] |
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UNODC
rewrites history in new World Drug Report to hide failure |
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The new UN World Drug Report is an elaborate
exercise of obscuring the failure of ten years of international
drug control policy, according to the [Transnational Institute,
Netherlands] |
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The
opium war's front line: Afghanistan, Iran and Hampshire |
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Experience suggests we need to take a different,
arguably more pragmatic approach and firstly expand the model
that is already in place, is 100% legal and operational under
domestic and international law, and unlike the desperate and
demonstrably futile interdiction efforts the UNODC and UK Government
continue to back (at terrible human cost), is based on an extensive
evidence base to prove its effectiveness on key public health
and criminal justice indicators [TDPF] |
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We
are enslaving heroin addicts in a state-run chemical gulag |
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Barely 3% of those on methadone programmes
leave treatment drug-free [Guardian, UK] |
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Drug
users request more support for their families and carers |
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Drug users in treatment have given a vote of
confidence for the services they receive, but would like more
help and support for their families [NTA, UK] |
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Programme
proves drug and booze addiction is beat-able |
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Recovery from addiction is at the heart of
the Government's new drug policy just published in Scotland.
It's also central to what we do at Lothians and Edinburgh Abstinence
Programme (LEAP) [Edinburgh Evening News, Scotland, UK] |
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Milestones in maintenance therapy for
opiate dependence |
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From Rolleston's endorsement
of heroin prescribing in 1920s England, to Dole
and Nyswander's methadone innovation in 1960s USA, and back
to trials of heroin
prescribing in 1970s England and mainland Europe in the 1990s.
Print publication 2003 and 2006 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Banning
Khat |
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An overdue reform of drugs policy or another
draconian attack on our civil liberties? Hugh Barnes reflects
on the Tory proposal [New Statesman, UK] |
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Cannabis
safer than alcohol or tobacco, says study |
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Cannabis is less dangerous than alcohol or
tobacco, according to a major review published by the EU drugs
agency [Irish Examiner] |
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EATA
members respond on implementing the new drug strategy |
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EATA has published a 3-page PDF report containing
a number of key recommendations for policy makers and government
agencies to consider when implementing the national drug strategy
[EATA, UK] |
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Research
on drug provalence in regional drugs task force areas launched
by NACD |
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The Minister of State with responsibility for
the National Drugs Strategy, John Curran TD, has released further
results from the National Drug Prevalence Survey in Ireland 2006/7
analysed by Regional Drugs Task Force (RDTF) area [National Documentation
Centre, Ireland] |
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Drug
Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland 2006/2007 |
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Drug Prevalence Survey: Regional Drugs Task
Force (Ireland) & Health and Social Services Board (Northern
Ireland) Results. 44-page PDF [NACD, Ireland] |
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Underage
Alcohol Use: Findings from the 2002-2006 National Surveys on
Drug Use and Health |
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This report presents findings from the 2002
to 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) on the
use of alcohol by persons aged 12 to 20 [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Message
Board as Drug Police |
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Should anonymous comments on a message board
about crime at a particular address be the basis for police to
begin investigating suspected criminal activity? [Drug Law Blog,
USA] |
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Bolivian
region rejects US anti-drug aid in favor of Venezuelan aid |
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Coca growers in Bolivia's Chapare province
said Wednesday that they will suspend projects financed by the
U.S. government aid agency and instead seek funding from Venezuela's
socialist President Hugo Chavez [IHT, France] |
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Australia
now a global drug trafficking hub, report says |
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Australia is one of the world’s fastest
growing international trafficking hubs for illegal drugs including
cocaine, ice and speed, a United Nations report has found [Herald
Sun, Australia] |
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Drug
Foundation launches Volatile Substance Guide for retailers |
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Aside from information on what volatile substances
are, the site has easy to use tools to help retailers, including
ways to improve instore displays and signage, training on dealing
with difficult customers, dealing with emergencies and ways to
improve security [New Zealand Drug Foundation] |
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Iran
Fights Scourge of Addiction in Plain View, Stressing Treatment |
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More than a million Iranians are addicted to
some form of opium, heroin or other opium derivative, according
to the government, and some estimates run as high as 10 million
[New York Times, USA] |
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