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| Archived Daily News - May
2nd
2005 |
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Cannabis
gave me my life back |
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A breast cancer victim has made medical history
as the first person in Scotland to be prescribed cannabis as
a treatment for chronic pain [The Scotsman, UK] |
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One
Scot in every 100 applies to be classed as homeless |
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Brown, who works at the Cowgate Centre Shelter
... said "Most people we see are alcohol or drug addicts,
in a chaotic lifestyle," he said. "The benefits these
people can get have gone up, but this doesn’t solve the
problem because there is no requirement to enter rehab or detox." [The
Scotsman, UK] |
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Network
Newsletter No 11 (April 2005) |
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A compilation of interesting articles [Substance
Misuse Management in General Practice, UK] |
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Finland:
One out of ten suffer from parental drinking |
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According to a new survey, 10 per cent of
Finns have suffered harms caused by excessive alcohol or other
substance misuse within the family. In addition, 9% report
on parental alcohol misuse which did not cause harms for children
[Encare, Europe] |
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Group
Pushes Restricting of Cold Medicine |
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An association representing more than 36,000
pharmacies is issuing guidelines for possible federal legislation
to restrict sales of cold medications containing a substance
often used in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine — or "speed." [SFGate,
USA] |
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Medical
Marijuana User Promotes 'Exemption' Bill |
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Afflicted with a rare and painful bone disorder
since age 10, he is one of only seven people in the United
States allowed to receive medical marijuana by prescription
from the government. He's been getting it for more than 22
years. But for 33 years, he's been fighting to knock down the
legal barrier that prevents people living in the 11 states
that allow the use of medical marijuana from getting their
hands on it [NORML, USA] |
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State-by-State
Illicit Drug & Medical Marijuana Laws |
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1.7Mb PDF [American Civil Liberties Union] |
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State-by-State
Workplace Drug Testing Laws |
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56Kb PDF [American Civil Liberties Union] |
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Making
Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators Are Saying No |
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This 24-page booklet provides the latest
scientific research, including a federally funded study by
the Monitoring the Future program, which shows that drug testing
has no effect in reducing illicit drug use among middle and
high school students [American Civil Liberties Union] |
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Annual
Boozie Award goes to The Footy Show |
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The Australian Drug Foundation presents the
Boozie at Logies time to an Australian-produced show which
demonstrates excessive, inappropriate or unconscionable marketing
of alcohol [Australian Drug Foundation] |
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Tajikistan
has been elected a member of UNODC |
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Tajikistan has been elected a member of the UN Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC) [Novosti, Russia] |
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