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Who'd
chuckle about drugs? |
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Mark Speight and Natasha Collins threw their
lives away. We must stand up and condemn drugs. Libby Purves
[Times, UK] |
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Drug
addict babies: 140 in the Midlands |
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Shock new Department of Health figures show
that 146 junkie mums on crack cocaine and heroin passed on their
addiction to their unborn babies [Sunday Mercury, UK] |
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Scandal
of the secret addicts |
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A hidden population of thousands of dangerously
addicted drug users across Norfolk are living life on a “precipice”,
experts warned last night [EDP24, UK] |
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2008
National Drug Treatment Conference - Archive |
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Audio and Powerpoint presentations [Exchange
Supplies, UK] |
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Release
of SRN event film |
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Following the successful completion of the ‘Recovering
Mental Health in Scotland’ event series, where we visited
Glasgow, Dumfries, Dundee, Inverness, Aberdeen and Edinburgh
to share and promote the findings from the SRN narrative research
project, we are pleased to announce the release of a film made
at the launch event in Glasgow on October 9th [Scottish Recovery
Network, UK] |
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New
appointments strengthen DrugScope’s focus on membership
and influencing policy |
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DrugScope is delighted to announce two new
appointments this month. Dr Marcus Roberts, formerly Head of
Policy at Mind, the mental health charity, is joining DrugScope
as Director of Policy. Carlita McKnight, formerly a Development
Worker at Voluntary Action Camden, has been appointed as Membership
Development Officer [DrugScope, UK] |
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CAMHS
Review, today launched a national call for evidence |
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Jo Davidson, the Chair of the independent CAMHS
Review, today launched a national call for evidence to help inform
the deliberations of the review team, and ensure that all interested
individuals and organisations have an opportunity to contribute
to the debate about how to improve services to effectively meet
the educational, health and social care needs of children and
young people at risk of, and experiencing, mental health problems
[dcms, UK] |
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The
Poor Relation - has the emphasis on ‘localism’ really
improved alcohol commissioning |
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This report, drawn from the results of a freedom
of information survey carried out by Alcohol Concern between
November 2007 and February 2008, examines the state of health
of alcohol treatment commissioning among PCTs in each Government
region. 22-page PDF [Alcohol Concern, UK] |
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Keeping
it in the family: growing up with parents who misuse alcohol |
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Children affected by their parents drinking
may not always provide care for them depending on the severity
of the alcohol problem, however parental alcohol misuse can cause
serious problems for those children affected, as this Briefing
Paper reports. 12-page PDF [Alcohol Concern, UK] |
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Liver
tests in city drink scheme |
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People have been given free liver tests as
part of initiatives in Birmingham during Alcohol Awareness Week
[BBC, UK] |
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Binge
drinking caused teen's liver failure at 14 |
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Natasha Farnham, who is now 18, is believed
to be the youngest person in Britain to be diagnosed with alcohol-related
liver failure, claims the charity British Liver Failure [Telegraph,
UK] |
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Overnight
hospital stays for teen boozers jump by a third |
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Doctors in Edinburgh are being forced to deal
with increasing numbers of schoolchildren being admitted to hospital
after getting dangerously drunk [Edinburgh Evening News, UK] |
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Nearly
a third of venues still offer 125ml measure |
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The figures from research analysts CGA fly
in the face of suggestions in the recent press reports that venues
have scrapped the smaller 125ml measure in favour of the larger
size [The Publican, UK] |
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Spain's
cocaine problem |
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Long a transit point for smuggling into Europe,
the country is now the largest consumer of the drug on the continent,
recent studies show [LA Times, USA] |
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Vote
on drug consumption rooms |
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Assuming that there is a need established,
would you support the opening of a drug consumption room in your
area? [Tony Duffin blog, Ireland] |
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Safe-injection
site a provincial responsibility, court to be told |
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As the deadline approaches for a federal government
blessing for Vancouver's supervised injection site, supporters
are preparing to head to court to argue that the controversial
place is a health-care facility and, therefore, the sole preserve
of the province [Globe and Mail, Canada] |
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Alcohol
is a cancer-causing agent |
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Consumption of alcoholic beverages is known
to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity
in human studies that indicate a causal relationship between
consumption of alcoholic beverages and cancer [Food Consumer,
USA] |
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Who
Are We? Coming of Age on Antidepressants |
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The drugs save lives, and we often have no
choice but to use them — even if we have questions about
their long-term use. But the questions are big ones, and we owe
it to our patients to try to answer them. Richard A. Friedman
is a professor of psychiatry [New York Times, USA] |
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The
development First Aid Guidelines for Problem Substance Use |
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We are developing three sets of guidelines:
First Aid Guidelines for Problem Drinking - First Aid Guidelines
for Problem Cannabis Use - First Aid Guidelines for Problem Psychostimulant
Use (amphetamines, ecstasy and cocaine). If you would like to
participate or find out more information please contact Anna
Kingston [ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne,
Australia] |
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Drug
testing of students is 'inevitable' |
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Drug testing of school students in Australia
is probably inevitable, a major drug test manufacturer says.
However, Inverness Medical has called for a debate on appropriate
drug testing standards before any tests are put in place [The
Age, Australia] |
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Call
for tax rise on potent drinks to curb 'crisis' |
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New research revealing that one in five Australians
has been affected by the problem has prompted a demand for Prime
Minister Kevin Rudd to take immediate action to combat growing
levels of violence outside licensed venues and in the home [The
Age, Australia] |
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Alliance
tackles drunken violence |
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The toll of alcohol-related violence has reached
the point where one in five Australians now say they have been
directly affected or know someone who has been affected by this
type of violence, a new survey shows [SMH, Australia] |
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Judge
appeals for more youth rehab |
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A youth drug court judge is calling for more
residential facilities around New Zealand to deal with drug and
alcohol addictions among young people [TVNZ, New Zealand] |
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Towards
Universal Access in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Delivering
on AIDS today and in the longer term |
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia have faced
significant increases in the numbers of new HIV infections in
recent years. In 2007, an estimated 1.6 million people were living
with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a dramatic increase
of 150% from the 630,000 people in 2001 [UNAIDS] |
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Russia's
State Duma approves entry into WHO anti-tobacco convention |
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Russia's State Duma has ratified a law on Friday
on the country's accession to the World Health Organization's
(WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [China View] |
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