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Your
Country needs YOU!! |
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One voice can make a difference if we're bold
enough to speak loudly, from the right platform. The internet
gives us all that platform, if we want it. [I did it my way blog,
UK] |
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Supermarkets
and alcohol |
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Well government, get to work and see whether
the supermarkets will genuinely help create more responsible
drinking in this country - and reduce their own sales! [the prof
speaks out] |
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Cannabis
should be reclassified, Brown says |
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Gordon Brown today gave his backing for cannabis
to be reclassified as a more serious drug later this month in
a move that will reverse its downgrading by his predecessor [Telegraph,
UK] |
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Straw
confirms expansion of dedicated drugs courts |
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Jack Straw has confirmed that drug courts,
dedicated to tackling drug misuse and related crime, are to be
extended to up to four more magistrates' courts [Ministry of
Justice, UK] |
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Dedicated
drug court pilots: a process report |
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Matrix Knowledge Group has produced an independent
process evaluation of the pilots in England and Wales: Leeds
Magistrates' Court and West London Magistrates' Court. 99-page
PDF [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Crime
and Drug Strategy Directorate Publication List |
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Publication list of free Home Office publications
that are available to order in hard copy. Download
MS Word file [Home Office, UK] |
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CCJS
report: Home Office suppress research that contradicts ministers |
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Whilst not using drugs policy as a specific
example these latest essays from the Centre for Crime and Justice
Studies considering political distortions of the Home Office
research and publication agenda will come as no surprise to anyone
in the drugs field [TDPF, UK] |
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What
not to Share campaign |
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Hepatitis C awareness website from the [Hepatitis
C Trust, UK] |
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Roles
and Tasks of social work |
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Social Work at its best: The roles and tasks
of social workers [General Social Care Council, UK] |
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How
you can contribute to the CSCI review of eligibility criteria |
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CSCI is carrying out a major review of the
eligibility criteria that councils use to decide whether or not
a person receives help from the council with social care services
- online
survey [CSCI, UK] |
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EATA unveil
revamped website |
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A new look website for the European Association
for the Treatment of Addiction (EATA) was launched Tuesday 1
April, with a fresher and user-friendly design and an improved
structure [EATA] |
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Experts
renew call for safe drug-injection site for Victoria |
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Victoria - B.C.'s provincial health officer
and a prominent drug expert are renewing calls for a supervised
injection site in the city of Victoria, where addicts can more
safely inject and consume drugs [Canada.com] |
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The
rise of the cocaine tourist |
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Colombia is emerging from its troubled past
to become one of the hottest destinations in South America. But
for a growing minority, its most famous product is becoming the
main draw [Guardian, UK] |
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SA
Government to boost penalties for cannabis, amphetamine production |
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Penalties for cultivating cannabis hydroponically
and amphetamine production will be drastically increased under
proposed new legislation [Adelaide Now, Australia] |
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Flavoured
cigarettes a threat to children - minister flags possible ban |
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Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon
today announced she would talk to state and territory health
ministers about actions to address the sale of flavoured cigarettes
[Department of Health, Australia] |
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Making
drug control ‘fit for purpose’: Building on the
UNGASS decade |
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Report by the Executive Director of the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as a contribution to the review
of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly. 20-page
PDF [UNODC] |
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