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| Archived Daily News - February
15th
2006 |
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Smoking
ban set for summer 2007 |
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Smoking will be banned in all pubs, clubs
and restaurants from the summer of next year, MPs have decided
[BBC, UK] |
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Cancer
Research UK's response to tonight's vote for a comprehensive
smokefree law without exemptions |
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“This is the most important advance
in public health since Sir Richard Doll identified that smoking
causes lung cancer fifty years ago. Today’s vote will
protect thousands of workers and save many lives" [Cancer
Research, UK] |
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Guidance
on the safer detention and handling of persons in police
custody |
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Many people who come into custody or police
contact often do so with physical or mental vulnerabilities
or both. There are often problems around alcohol or drug-related
abuse or misuse. The Police Service often provides the gateway
to healthcare services for those that come into custody, but
a police station is not the most appropriate place for diagnostic
assessment or healthcare treatment. The guidance recognises
this and strongly promotes and advises on the engagement of
the right healthcare professional at the right time and in
the right place.(197-page PDF) [Home Office, Police, UK] |
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Number
of babies born to addicts up 30% |
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More than 300 babies are born addicted to
heroin and other illegal drugs every year in Scotland, new
figures have revealed [Times on Sunday, Scotland, UK] |
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Scotland
Against Drugs : Reel Deal |
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"Reel Deal is a new, innovative way
to create training and awareness resources. Unlike conventional
video projects which produce a fixed product, this project
uses the experiences of all stakeholders involved with drugs
misuse and creates a flow of media and publicity resources
which can be tested and changed to maximise effectiveness" [Scotland
Against Drugs, UK] |
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New
figures highlight the shocking lack of services for problem-drinkers |
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As deaths from alcoholic liver disease continue
to rise, new figures released today by the Department of Health
show that the overwhelming majority of problem-drinkers are
not getting the help they need [Alcohol Concern, UK] |
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Parents
of children at risk need better support |
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Over 26,000 children in England would have
a better life if their parents were given more support and
help by local councils, finds a new CSCI report [Commission
for Social Care Inspection, UK] |
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Drugs
policy run by prohibition addicts |
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Draconian measures in New Labour’s
drugs policy cannot hope to solve the problems underlying drug
use [Socialist Worker, UK] |
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Crushing
Buprenorphine |
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This item describes (with the aid of photographs)
the procedure for crushing and administering supervised buprenorphine
doses, as well as briefly discussing the pros, cons and legalities
of doing so [SMMGP, UK] |
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Rise
in violence blamed on drugs |
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Violence at Bristol Prison is rising due
to the widespread use of heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis
among inmates, according to prison officers [BBC, UK] |
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Leaving
Cert students see Substance Abuse as key issue in SPHE |
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During a National Council for Curriculum
and Assessment consultation process, it emerged that students
see substance abuse as being the single most important area
of learning to be included in senior cycle Social Personal
and Health Education (SPHE) programme [National Documentation
Centre, Ireland] |
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San
Diego Mayor Plans To Introduce Needle-Exchange Legislation |
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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (R), who supports
the concept of needle-exchange programs to reduce the risk
of contracting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis, plans to introduce needle-exchange
legislation to develop a program in the city, according to
a spokesperson [Medical News Today, UK] |
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A
Better Strategy Against Narcoterrorism |
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Our current anti-drug tactics are underminding
government stabilization, the war on terrorism and even the
anti-drug tactics themselves [AlterNet, USA] |
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Politicians
Urged To Increase Tobacco Tax |
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One New Zealander will die from smoking in
the time it takes for politicians to consider submissions today.
That was the message from Smokefree Coalition Director Mark
Peck and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Director Becky
Freeman to the Finance and Expenditure Committee [Scoop, New
Zealand] |
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Mental
health hit hard by soft drugs |
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The connection between mental illness and
the use of cannabis and amphetamines has been exposed by a
World Health Organisation report that finds almost 50 per cent
of prisoners entering South Australia's penal system had both
drug and mental health problems [The Australian] |
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Graphic
images show effects of cigarettes |
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Graphic images that aim to shock Australian
smokers by revealing the physical effects cigarettes have on
the body are the focus of a new anti-smoking campaign [DoH,
Australia] |
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United
Nations drugs agency calls for international support for
former opium farmers in Laos |
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he head of the United Nations drugs agency
called on Tuesday for sustained international support for former
opium farmers in Laos to ensure that poverty does not force
them to re-start cultivation of the drug [UNODC] |
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Lao
poppy eradication helps Viet Nam's fight against drugs |
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aos' success in poppy eradication will have
a positive effect on Viet Nam's fight against drugs, said Major
General Cao Ngoc Oanh [VNA, Viet Nam] |
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Myanmar
PM meets China's Wen, pledges to curb drugs |
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Myanmar Prime Minister Soe Win kicked off
a visit to China on Tuesday pledging to curb its opium industry
[Reuters, India] |
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