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Effectiveness
of smoking cessation initiatives
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Efforts must take into account smokers' disillusionment with smoking
and their delusions about stopping [BMJ] |
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Heroin
prescription for opioid addicts
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Although heroin addicts come off heroin and improve their lives
is laudable, it must be admitted that the treatment described here has only assisted
about 3% of Swiss heroin addicts in the long term. This is not a great advance
in addiction medicine [Letter - Lancet] |
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Director's
Report to the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
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Research Findings - Basic research, Behavioral research, Treatment
Research and Development, Research on AIDS and Other Medical Consequences of Drug
Abuse, Epidemiology, Etiology and Prevention Research, Services Research, Intramural
Research [NIDA] |
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Convenience
Store Tobacco Ads Reach Teens |
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Displays promoting tobacco in convenience stores may encourage
teens to smoke, especially since three out of four teens shop at these stores
at least once a week, according to researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention [abcNEWS - Reuters] |
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Are
Your Household Products Hazardous?
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Chances are, one of the most abused substances in the United
States is readily available in your own home. In fact, your home probably contains
dozens of products that a person can "huff," or inhale, for a high [NCADI]
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National
Results on Adolescent Drug Use
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Overview of key findings [Monitoring the Future] |
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Party
Animals are a Rare Breed after College
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ISR study finds - with drinking and drug use declining
as a result." [Monitoring the Future] |
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2001
Data From In-School Surveys of 8th, 10th, and 12th Grade Students
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Drug and Alcohol Press Release and Tables [Monitoring the
Future] |
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Ignoring
health hazards of marijuana 'hypocritical'
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Fighting tobacco use while sanctioning medical marijuana displeases
doctors [Canada.com] |
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Non
English Speaking Background Young People & Substance Use
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A snapshot of available evidence of alcohol, tobacco and illicit
drug use by young people from non English speaking backgrounds in New South Wales
[Drug & Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre] |
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International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report
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Provides the factual basis for the designations contained in
the President's report to Congress on the major drug-transit or major illicit
drug producing countries [Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement
Affairs] |
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Colombia
drugs surge troubles US
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The United States has said the area in Colombia used for coca
crops grew by almost 25% last year, despite an anti-drugs programme that has cost
the US $1 billion over the past two years [BBC] |
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Drugs
'Overlord' And Accomplices Jailed
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Drugs "overlord" Michael Tyrrell and four of his accomplices
have been jailed for a total of 99 years for smuggling a record £90 million cocaine
consignment into Britain [Guardian] |
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London
Institutes Alcohol-Free Zone
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The first alcohol-free area is located in central London and
includes Victoria Station, Buckingham Palace, and the Houses of Parliament, as
well as Kensington and Chelsea [Join Together] |
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Cannabis
showdown in Christiania
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After years of politicians and police turning a blind eye, the
government is now demanding the immediate cessation of the multi-million kroner
illegal cannabis trade in the 'free state' of Christiania [Copenhagen Post] |
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City
must go Dutch to win the drugs war
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One of Holland's top drug squad officers today told Scottish
police they should back plans to open Dutch-style cannabis cafes in Edinburgh
[Edinburgh News] |
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Vietnam
to Reduce 50 Percent of Opium Growing Acreage |
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Vietnam planed to reduce at least 50 percent of opium poppy re-growing
acreage and basically eradicating major drug dens this year [Xinhuanet] |
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Four
drug-busting centres to be created in Latin America |
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Anti-drug officials from around the world agreed to create four
centres in Latin America to combat international drug trafficking. The centres
will be in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Bolivia [Ananova] |
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Malthouse
says drugs comments have tainted the game |
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Malthouse admitted he was the "most naive person of all
time to ask" about drugs, but he was "mortified" at Lewis's comments
that up to three quarters of players had used recreational drugs [The Age] |
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Swans
distracted over Lewis's drug comments, Eade says |
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Sydney coach Rodney Eade today said Dale Lewis's controversial
drug comments had distracted his players in their lead-up to tomorrow night's
Wizard Cup AFL semi-final against Port Adelaide [The Age] |
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Cannabis
poisons toddlers |
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Thirty-three children under 2½ have been admitted to North Island
hospitals with cannabis poisoning in the last six years - and a paediatrician
fears the number is just the tip of the iceberg. "I believe up to 100 children
each year may be admitted to New Zealand hospitals but not all doctors recognise
the symptoms" [NZDF] |
