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| Archived Daily News - 29th
June 2008 |
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Treatment
reform in the U.K. |
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A direct challenge to the U.K. reliance on
methadone ... Another article deconstructs the U.K.'s definition
of recovery and offers some context [Addiction and Recovery News,
USA] |
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Drug
addicts and alcoholics behind £3bn increase in disability
benefit |
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Disability benefits are costing taxpayers an
extra £3.1billion a year under Labour - and a major factor
is a massive rise in the number of claimants who are drug addicts
and alcoholics, according to newly released documents [Daily
Mail, UK] |
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Scientists
in illegal drugs discovery |
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Experts at Strathclyde University have found
they can identify which drugs come from the same suppliers and
manufacturers by analysing chemical traces in tiny samples of
contraband [Scotsman, UK] |
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Record
numbers of smokers kick habit |
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Health bonus claimed from a year of restrictions
[Observer, UK] |
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New
Irish drink law is a recipe for mayhem |
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Whoever thought that ending staggered closing
times would solve our problems must have been binge drinking
[Times, UK] |
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Decline
in Teen Smoking Hits a Wall |
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Public Health Officials Worry as a Promising
Years-Long Trend Goes Flat [Washington Post, USA] |
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Drug,
alcohol abuse study measures the high cost of under-treated
addiction |
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Ensuing diseases and hospitalization can be
been avoided with more preventive treatment, researchers find
[La Times, USA] |
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