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All
you need is love |
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There's a lot to be said for coming through
something that takes you to the brink of death, my priorities,
the things I cannot live without have changed [I did it my way,
blog, UK] |
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The
2008 UK Drug Strategy: where is recovery? |
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I recently searched for the word 'recovery'
in the new UK drug strategy and found it only four times. Once
in the Home Secretary's Foreword, and three times referring to
recovery of assets of dealers [the prof speaks out, blog, UK] |
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Mr.
Angry (about ... ) |
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ENCOD's response to the “Beyond 2008" process
which is seeking to engage civil society with the UN’s
review of progress on drug control - and the way that before
the UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs had even
produced its long-awaited report on Cannabis, it was being reported
all over the media [Eric Carlin's blog, Mentor, UK] |
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MP
calls for rethink on 'failing' drugs laws |
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Des Turner, MP for Brighton, said the zero
tolerance policy on drugs was not working and a fresh approach
is needed [Independent, UK] |
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More
casualties of prohibition: lead contaminated cannabis |
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There can, therefore, be no doubt that this
episode was a direct result of the illegal status of the drug
and the fact that it is supplied through criminal channels that
are entirely free of the quality controls we expect for legal
drugs such as alcohol and tobacco, prescription drugs [TDPF,
UK] |
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Marijuana
Withdrawal? What Marijuana Withdrawal? |
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Marijuana addicts are people with a propensity
for addiction who suffer a clearly delineated, verifiable, and
vivid set of withdrawal symptoms when they try to quit [Addiction
Inbox, USA] |
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National
D.A.R.E. Day, 2008 |
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A Proclamation by the President of the United
States of America [The White House, USA] |
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Study
shows doctor's offices can help stem abuse of Oxycontin, other
narcotic painkillers |
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Every day, thousands of doctors around the
United States walk a tightrope stretched between their duty to
help patients in pain -- and the risk of abetting illegal and
life-destroying drug addiction and dependence, and losing their
medical license for doing so [EurekAlert, USA] |
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Coca
Leaf: The Heritage of the Andes |
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We interviewed a representative of the Bolivian
government at the 51st Session of the Commission on Narcotic
Drugs (CND) in Vienna on their position on coca leaf and its
possible future regulation. Video [Drug Reporter, Hungary] |
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Whole
picture missing on alcohol harm |
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We don't know the full story because so many
alcohol-related incidents go unreported, or are recorded by only
one agency and not shared [Scoop, New Zealand] |
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Teenage
binge drinking a 'rite of passage' |
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Binge drinking had become an initiation ceremony
or 'rite of passage', for teenagers, an Alcohol Advisory Council
of New Zealand (ALAC) speaker told a Nelson conference [Scoop,
New Zealand] |
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Thailand's
New Campaign Against Illegal Drugs Will Undermine HIV/AIDS
Efforts, Advocates Say |
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Health advocates and nongovernmental organizations
recently warned that Thailand's campaign against illegal drugs
launched last week will undermine efforts to reduce the spread
of HIV/AIDS [Kaiser Network, USA] |
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