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Wired
In Charter |
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The principles on which we operate as individuals
and as an organisation [the prof speaks out] |
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Deferred
sentence scheme extended |
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The SDS is a low-tariff intervention providing
structured social work intervention for offenders post-conviction,
but prior to final sentencing. It is primarily aimed at offenders
with underlying problems such as drug or alcohol dependency,
mental health or learning difficulties or unemployment [Scottish
Government, UK] |
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Feature:
What would stop us drinking? |
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As the government prepares its youth alcohol
action plan, Ruth Smith asks young people what they'd like to
see in it [Children & Young Peole Now, UK] |
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Violence
on streets linked to drinking in pregnancy |
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Violent behaviour in young men is closely linked
to drinking in pregnancy by their mothers, according to Scotland's
chief medical officer [The Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Heavy
drinkers may develop Alzheimer's earlier |
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Drinking or smoking heavily can speed up the
development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study
[Guardian, UK] |
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Head
of Barclays becomes Honorary President of UK Drug Policy Commission |
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John Varley, Group CEO of Barclays, has agreed
to become Honorary President of the UK Drug Policy Commission,
an independent ‘think tank’ which aims to promote
more informed political and public understanding of effective
drug policy [UKDPC] |
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The
drug addicts who are given Premiership football tickets 'to
help them recover' |
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Community workers said the incentive helped
reintegrate addicts into society [Daily Mail, UK] |
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Harm
Reduction Developments 2008 |
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Countries with Injection-Driven HIV Epidemics.
84- page PDF [Open Society Institute] |
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A
Cost – Benefit and Cost – Effectiveness Analysis
of Vancouver’s Safe Injection Facility |
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After a review of existing literature regarding
both the efficacy of supervised injection sites generally, and
Vancouver’s site more specifically, we engaged in two kinds
of analysis to determine benefit to cost ratios for the Vancouver
SIS, and cost effectiveness: linear trend analysis and mathematical
modelling. 67-page PDF [Martin Andresen & Neil Boyd, Canada] |
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Public
Order and Supervised Injection Facilities |
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Vancouver’s SIS. 29-page OPDF [Neil Boyd,
J. Bryan Kinney, Carla McLean, Jon Heidt and Isabel Otter, Canada] |
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Burgess
v. Unites States: Supreme Court Holds That a State Misdemeanor
Can Be a "Felony Drug Offense" For Federal Sentencing
Purposes |
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A drug conviction that is treated as a misdemeanor
under state law can later function as a "felony drug offense" for
the purposes of federal sentencing in a subsequent case if that
state conviction is punishable by more than a year in prison,
the United States Supreme Court held today in Burgess v. United
States [Drug Law Blog, USA] |
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Drink
up: the publicans say it's good for you |
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The liquor industry has launched a campaign
against a two-drinks-a-day limit in proposed draft guidelines
on alcohol use, claiming the people who framed them had produced
a "flawed" report [SMH, Australia] |
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Developing
a research agenda for the primary and community health sector
in Victoria |
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Network research project survey [Victorian
Primary and Community Health Network , Australia] |
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2007
AIDS epidemic update |
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2007 edition provides the most recent estimates
of the AIDS epidemic and explores new findings and trends in
the epidemic’s evolution [UNAIDS] |
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