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Still
no response from Welsh Assembly Government |
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Another email, another week and still no response
from the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) regarding potential
sponsorship for Daily Dose [the prof speaks out, UK] |
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Advisory
Council on the Misuse of Drugs - List of members |
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The current list of members with information
on their professional backgrounds [Home Office, UK] |
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Gordon
Brown is not listening |
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The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
(ACMD) is an independent expert body that advises government
on drug related issues in the UK ... It seems that the Prime
Minister is going to ignore that advice. He brings no personal
specialist expertise to the subject and is acting only on the
dictates of his dour, unimaginative personality [NHS Blog Doctor,
UK] |
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Debate
over cannabis reclassification |
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Short video [BBC, UK] |
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Cannabis,
skunk and the classification debate |
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Are the dangers of cannabis exaggerated or
underplayed? Letter from - Francis Wilkinson, Chief Constable
of Gwent, 1997-99 [Times, UK] |
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Background
briefing |
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Professor David Clark traces the route to recovery.
Part one: Choosing the form of help required to change behaviour
[Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Pulling
together |
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Everybody talks about partnership these days,
but translating it into effective action can be a very different
matter. David Gilliver looks at Lambeth DAT's innovative approach
[Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Consulting
the dragon |
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Before re-commissioning South Wales DIP, the
management team decided to talk to service users about what they
really needed. Glyn Davies explains how the new approach gave
invaluable insight [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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The
great divide |
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This year's National Drug Treatment Conference
showed how many barriers are in the way of ex-drug users joining
the rest of society - particularly those who have been caught
up in the criminal justice system. DDN reports [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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My
great escape |
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Bri Edwards recalls how he dreamt of escaping
Aberdeen for the bright lights of London. But his drug habit
becomes a very demanding companion [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Post-its
from Practice |
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Dr Chris Ford reflects on a 'good' but unnecessary
death [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Service
user group fact file |
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This issue: Frank Bond from BADSUF [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Letters |
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Responses to recent DDN features [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Tranquillisers
putting children's lives at risk |
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New evidence has shown children's lives are
being put at risk by a surge in the use of controversial tranquillising
drugs which are being prescribed to control their behaviour [Guardian,
UK] |
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Proposals
for Manifesto on Involuntary Tranquiliser Addiction |
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By several criteria involuntary addiction to
prescribed tranquilisers is the most serious drug problem in
the UK today [APPG , UK] |
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2.5m
children on drugs in US |
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Antipsychotic drugs for children have taken
off in the US on the back of a willingness to diagnose those
with behavioural problems as having manic depression. Even children
barely out of babyhood are getting a diagnosis of bipolar disorder,
the modern term for the condition [Guardian, UK] |
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Younger
drug users assessed by DIP teams in non-intensive areas; characteristics
and implications for service delivery |
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This report examines the characteristics of
clients assessed by DIP teams in 31 non-intensive D(A)AT areas
across England in 2006/7. It focuses upon significant differences
between clients under 25 and their older counterparts.12-page
PDF [Drug Interventions Programme Monitoring and Research Team
[Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social
Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University] |
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Sending out
messages |
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I’ve not done any research but my feelings
are that the reporting about cannabis and its relative safety
and risks has improved and there is an increase of a pragmatic,
considered reporting. But there are still the cannabis is completely
harmless/harmful brigades [Cannabis Harm Minimisation blog] |
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Drug
Education Forum questionnaire |
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The Government is conducting a review into
how to improve the effectiveness of drug education in England.
We at the Drug Education Forum want to inform the review with
views from the field. The survey will close on 18 April 2008
[Drug Education Forum, UK] |
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Mentor
UK CHAMP Awards 2008 |
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The 2008 winners in each category will each
receive £10,000 cash and a further £10,000 worth
of consultancy support to help them improve, expand and share
their activities. Closing date to e-mail or
post your entry is 20th April, 2008 [Mentor,
UK] |
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Salvia:
The Mystery Drug |
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Over the past few years, a little known and
highly unusual psychedelic drug has claimed the interest of drug
users and drug scientists alike. Salvia divinorum, a green, leafy
plant native to the Mazateca region of Mexico, provides its users
with a short but intense hallucinogenic experience [Addiction
Inbox, USA] |
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Venezuela
Steps Up Efforts To Thwart Cocaine Traffic |
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Facing criticism that cocaine trafficking is
out of control, Venezuela's government this year has embarked
on an aggressive program to track drug-smuggling planes and destroy
clandestine airstrips used by Colombian drug clans, Venezuelan
drug enforcement and military officials said in a series of interviews
[Washington Post, USA] |
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Parents
of drunk children face fines |
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Parents of drunk children may be subject to
counselling and fines as part of a NSW government program to
crack down on underage drinking [SMH, Australia] |
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Online
survey for AOD workers in Victoria |
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This information is being sought to identify
current qualification levels within the workforce and to identify
specific areas of education or training [Department of Human
Services, Victoria, Australia] |
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Questions
and answers - Drinking culture advertising (part A) |
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Questions
and answers - Drinking culture advertising (part B) |
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ALAC’s drinking culture campaign is part
of a programme of work designed to change the prevailing New
Zealand drinking culture which is tolerant of drunkenness, binge-drinking
and intoxication [Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand] |
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Background
information on ALAC campaign |
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A personalised message is presented – showing
actual consequences of binge drinking and inviting people to
reflect on messages from their own perspective [Alcohol Advisory
Council of New Zealand] |
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New
Zealand Police, NZ-ADAM Annual Report 2007 |
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New Zealand Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
(NZ-ADAM) is a programme which seeks to measure drug and alcohol
use among people who have recently been apprehended by police.
99-page PDF [NZ-ADAM, New Zealand] |
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'Chinese
torturing foreign teens in drugs bust' |
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Police swept two bars in Sanlitun, the most
well-established bar and restaurant area for younger foreign
and Chinese residents of the capital on Friday night [Telegraph,
UK] |
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