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The
need for a better trained workforce |
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From my experiences, there is an urgent and
substantial need for greater training in the treatment field.
It would be totally wrong for this field to feel that it is above
this need [the prof speaks out] |
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Mayoral
Contenders Make Their Pitch on Drugs |
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LDAN News asked the three main contenders in
the London Mayoral election - Boris Johnson (Conservative) Ken
Livingstone (Labour) and Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrat) - what
they will do to tackle drug and alcohol use in the capital if
they make it to City Hall [LDAN, UK] |
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An
Evaluation of the Structured Deferred Sentence Pilots |
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The implementation, operation, estimated costs
and preliminary outcomes of the Structured Deferred Sentence
(SDS) pilots in Angus, Ayrshire and Highland [Scottish Government,
UK] |
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Tesco
struggling with underage policy |
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An industry chief has urged Tesco to “get
its house in order” after four out of 10 stores failed
to comply with its policy to combat underage sales [The Publican,
UK] |
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Lord
Advocate links women’s violence to binge drinking |
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Speaking at a hearing of Holyrood's Equal Opportunities
Committee into women prisoners, she suggested that could be connected
to increasing levels of binge drinking among young women [The
Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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NHS
wastes millions on smokers who fail to quit |
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More than £7.5million of taxpayers' money
was spent last year in London alone ... Tobacco is still the
biggest single cause of death and illness in the UK, killing
120,000 Britons a year [Daily Mail, UK] |
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The
Life of a Human Rights Resolution at the UN Commission on Narcotic
Drugs |
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A brief overview of the progress of the first
ever human rights resolution to make it through the UN Commission
on Narcotic Drugs [HR2 blog] |
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"The
War on Drugs and the Protection of Human Rights" - A Panel
Discussion |
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The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
(BIM) and the Vienna NGO Committee on Human Rights (CONGO) will
be holding a panel discussion on human rights and the war on
drugs in Vienna [HR2 blog] |
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More
than 12,700 people get treatment to combat drug use |
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About 8,600 of these getting the opiate substitute
drug methadone [Irish Examiner] |
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Young,
addicted and on hold |
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Thousands of youths wait for 86 addiction rehab
beds funded by the province – none in Toronto – and
it can take up to four months to get in for treatment [Toronto
Star, Canada] |
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Where
Are Teens Getting Prescription Drugs? |
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Take the tour [TheAntiDrug.com, USA] |
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Iemma
Government's tough new anti-smoking measures |
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Removing line of sight retail sale of cigarettes,
banning all tobacco vending machines and outlawing smoking in
cars with children are anti-smoking proposals contained in a
discussion paper released today by NSW Premier Morris Iemma [NSW
Government, Australia] |
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'Ecstasy
same as heroin' in court case |
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The High Court has dismissed an appeal by a
drug smuggler who argued his sentence should have been shorter
because ecstasy was less harmful than heroin [Perth Now, Australia] |
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Mystery
buyer of Afghan poppy resin thrives on drug trade |
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British officials acknowledge that it will
take at least 20 years to rid Afghanistan of its opium economy
[Times, UK] |
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