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What
can we learn from America? |
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A Recovery Advisory Committee [in Philadelphia]
clarified that vision by developing a consensus definition of
recovery and by defining nine core recovery values: hope; choice;
empowerment; peer culture, support, and leadership; partnership;
community inclusion/opportunities; spirituality; family inclusion
and leadership; and a holistic/wellness approach [Other
blogs from the prof speaks out] |
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Challenges
for a Recovery-Focused Drug Policy |
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Slides, commentary and references - Adapted
from Ian Wardle's presentation to the UKDPC Seminar [Lifeline
Project, UK] |
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Tackling
drugs |
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Prevention, support and enforcement are the
three pillars of reducing the harm caused by illicit drug use,
says Minister for Social Justice and Local Government Dr Brian
Gibbons [National Assembly Government, Wales, UK] |
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Government
launches cocaine crackdown |
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A £1 million FRANK campaign targeted
at 15-18 year olds, a commitment to the Colombian government’s
Shared Responsibility campaign and a new leaflet illustrating
the dangers of the drug are being announced to enhance the drive
to tackle cocaine use [Home Office, UK] |
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Statistics
on Alcohol: England 2008 |
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This statistical report presents a range of
information on alcohol use and misuse which are drawn together
from a variety of published sources and includes additional analysis
undertaken by the NHS Information Centre for health and social
care which is presented in a user friendly format [NHS Information
Centre, UK] |
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Alcohol
units: How they all add up |
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Units calculator [Know Your Limits, UK] |
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HSE
launches new Alcohol Awareness Campaign |
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The HSE Alcohol Awareness Campaign features
a thought provoking television advertisement, depicting a number
of young people in a variety of situations where they are exposed
to and gain access to alcohol. Watch
the TV ad [Drugs.ie, Ireland] |
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Ministry
of Justice Departmental Report 2007-08 |
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This is the first annual report for the Ministry
of Justice, which was created in 2007. It contains details of
how the ministry has performed against its targets and objectives
over the past year [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Monitoring
solutions to drug problems: EMCDDA launches best-practice portal |
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Real-life solutions to drug problems come under
the spotlight today as the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) launches
its new Internet portal on best practice in the areas of drug-related
prevention, treatment, harm reduction and social reintegration
[EMCDDA] |
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Changes
to Patient Limitation for Dispensing or Prescribing Approved
Narcotic Controlled Substances |
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Changes to Patient Limitation for Dispensing
or Prescribing Approved Narcotic Controlled Substances for Maintenance
or Detoxification Treatment by Qualified Individual Practitioners
[DEA, USA] |
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Ministerial
council on drug strategy (MCDS) Joint communique |
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The Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (MCDS)
met in Melbourne today and agreed to fast track the development
of the federal government’s $53.5 million National Binge
Drinking Strategy, including community level initiatives [Australian
Government] |
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