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| Archived Daily News - 20th
April 2008 |
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Drug
Choices … and the Loss of Choice |
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In this Background Briefing, I look at the
choices that provoke a relationship with drugs or alcohol – and
how these choices change as dependency takes hold [Background
Briefings] |
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Dealers
of class-A drugs to be freed sooner |
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Pushers caught with up to £100,000 of
cocaine or heroin face downgraded sentences [Times, UK] |
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Heroin
lifestyle 'another world' |
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The manslaughter trial of the mother and half-sister
of a 16-year-old girl who died of a heroin overdose exposed a
family's lifestyle which seemed to centre on drugs [BBC, UK] |
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Boozy
Betty: a warning of the effects of alcohol |
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Boozy Betty is a poster girl to remind Heriot-Watt
students in Edinburgh of the dangers of drinking too much [Sunday
Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Closing
time for Britain's public houses |
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Four pubs are shutting down each day as licensees
give up the battle against cheap supermarkert beer and falling
trade [Times, UK] |
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What
are today’s social evils? |
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Between July and September 2007 we asked the
public to consider what social evils face the UK today. The list
is the result of a web survey of 3,500 people and discussions
with groups whose voices are not usually heard [JRF, UK] |
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Addiction
and Mental Health Indicators Among Ontario Adults, 1977-2005 |
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This report describes the extent of addiction
and mental health indicators among Ontario adults aged 18 years
and older. 213-page PDF [Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
Canada] |
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Review
of heroin-blocking implant urged |
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A new report found that naltrexone implants
commonly cause severe adverse reactions, including extreme dehydration
and acute renal failure in those who are fitted with them [The
Age, Australia] |
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Scarred
and depressed, more Afghans turn to drugs |
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Scarred by decades of turmoil and grief, 66
percent of Afghans suffer from depression or some form of mental
disorder, and an increasing number are turning to illegal drugs
[Reuters] |
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