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MDMA
(ecstasy) review |
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The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
(ACMD) invites members of the public to an MDMA (ecstasy)
evidence gathering meeting on the morning of Friday 26th
September 2008 as part of its MDMA (ecstasy) review. Registration
form [Home Office, UK] |
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Cannabis:
police seizures show drop in drug's strength |
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Official data seen by guardian.co.uk shows
potency of marijuana gathered in police seizures has fallen
[Guardian, UK] |
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Male
drug poisoning deaths highest in five years |
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Male deaths from drug poisonings are at
their highest level for five years, according to new data
released today from the [Office for National Statistics,
UK] |
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Last
chance to air views on alcohol proposals |
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The consultation closes on September 9
[Scottish Government, UK] |
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Testing
pupils for drugs does not reduce drug use |
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Much publicised US research which found
that a school's drug testing policy was unrelated to drug
use among its pupils, interpreted as the most solid evidence
to date that testing does not deter drug use. Print publication 2003 [Drug
and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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"Most
compelling evidence" yet that injecting rooms cut
deaths |
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A review of Germany's drug consumption
rooms commissioned by the Ministry of Health concluded that
they had significantly contributed to reductions in drug-related
deaths. Available in full only in German, this report has
been called the "most compelling evidence" yet
on this controversial issue. Print publication 2003 [Drug
and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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High
risk of death after 'successful' detoxification |
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At a London inpatient unit all the post-release
deaths after opiate detoxification were among patients who
had completed the procedure; all the 'drop-outs' survived.
Print publication 2003 [Drug and Alcohol
Findings, UK] |
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What
happens when services are judged by what matters to the
patient? |
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The few studies which have measured quality
of life after addiction treatment reveal that assessing outcomes
in terms of what matters to the patient rather than conventional
outcomes such as substance use would often give a different
impression of whether one treatment or service is better
than another. Print publication 2003 [Drug
and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Girl,
17, who idolised drugs star Doherty dies from overdose |
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The news has triggered fresh criticism
of the glamorising of drugs by teenage idols such as Doherty
and his former girlfriend Kate Moss [The Scotsman, UK] |
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The
Way Home: A Strategy to Address Adult Homelessness in Ireland
2008 – 2013 |
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The Way Home, the new strategy to address
adult homelessness in Ireland, 2008 to 2013, marks a very
important departure in Government policy on homelessness.
93-page PDF [Department of the Environment, Heritage and
Local Government, Ireland] |
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Rally
for Recovery! 2008 |
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This year's Rally for Recovery will be
on September 20, 2008 [Faces & Voices of Recovery, USA] |
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Fighting
HIV-AIDS One Syringe at a Time |
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Despite alarming statistics, our federal
government - which is working to reduce infection rates around
the globe - is ignoring a simple, effective step that could
be helpful in the United States. Since 1988, Congress has
banned federal funding of syringe exchange programs [Washington
Post, USA] |
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Attorney
general proposes sensible rules on medical pot |
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California Attorney General Jerry Brown
believes new guidelines can solve the practical problems,
minimize the legal worries and calm patient fears [SF gate,
USA] |
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Study:
12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol |
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Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American
Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more
than three times the percentage in the general population,
a new federal report says [SF gate, USA] |
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Quitting
When You're High |
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Active smokers underestimate rigors of
withdrawal [Addiction Inbox, USA] |
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Bolivian
Is an Uneasy Ally as U.S. Presses Drug War |
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For now, Mr. Morales and the United States
remain uneasy bedfellows [New York Times, USA] |
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Alcopops:$300m
refund risk |
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The Federal Government's alcopops tax increase
is turning into a timebomb, with Canberra facing the possibility
of having to return $300 million in revenue to the alcohol
industry [The Age, Australia] |
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Support
for clinical trials of cannabis |
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Most Australians would support clinical
trials of cannabis for medical use, a survey has found [The
Australian] |
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2007
National Drug Strategy Household Survey: state and territory
supplement |
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This report presents data on patterns of
drug use in each of the states and territories. It supplements
the national findings from the '2007 National Drug Strategy
Household Survey: first results' report, published in April
2008 [AIHW, Australia] |
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More
women turning to drugs as cocaine use grows |
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NSW has the highest number of cocaine users
in the country and young women and girls are taking more
drugs than their male peers, according to a new survey to
be released today [Daily Telegraph, Australia] |
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A
better solution for the opium problem |
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We must follow the Poppy for Medicine model
in Afghanistan. Letter - Jorrit Kamminga Senior policy analyst
The Senlis Council [Times, UK] |
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