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We
must modify our treatment system so that it can effectively
help people recover from the chronic disorder addiction |
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Do you agree? Please comment on
[the prof speaks out, blog, UK] |
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Background
Briefings |
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Read the first 11 background briefings on Professor
David Clark's blog - originally published in DDN [Background
Briefings, UK] |
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A
mother's grief as heroin death stuns islanders |
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The scale of heroin addiction in Scotland's
remote islands has been exposed after a court case which ended
with a man being jailed for supplying drugs to a teenage friend
who died after she suffered an overdose [Guardian, UK] |
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UK
Failing To Meet Children's Mental Health and Well-Being Needs |
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Many of the submissions [to the poll] expressed
concern about the impact that poverty and social disadvantage
has on mental health and well being [Children's Society, UK] |
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Drugs
awareness for Under 13s |
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Friday 25 April will see the launch of a new
drugs awareness campaign by the Children’s Empowerment
Team at Sure Start Rochdale aimed at Under 13s in the Rochdale
borough [Rochdale Online, UK] |
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Why
boozing on campus is facing a ban |
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A spate of deaths from alcohol have led to
calls for restraint [Independent, UK] |
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Drugs
policy: civil society can play a key role say MEPs |
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In adopting a report on the Green Paper on
the role of civil society in drugs policy in the European Union,
the European Parliament indicates that civil society has an essential
role to play in promoting the emergence, definition, implementation,
assessment and monitoring of drug policies [European Parliament] |
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New
secure professional website for individuals working in the
field of substance use |
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The secure service offers downloadable resources,
chat areas etc. Register for this service by sending an email
to helpline@dap.ie with
your name, organisation, email address and telephone number and
we will then contact you to complete your registration [drugs.ie,
Ireland] |
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Government
vows new alcohol laws by summer |
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The curtailment of alcohol sales in off-licences
and the installation of CCTV outside nightclubs are among a series
of new laws to combat alcohol misuse proposed by the Government
[Irish Times] |
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State
Estimates of Persons Aged 18 or Older Driving Under the Influence
of Alcohol or Illicit Drugs |
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In 2006 an estimated 30.5 million persons aged
12 or older reported driving under the influence of alcohol at
least once in the past year and 10.2 million reported driving
under the influence of illicit drugs during the past year [SAMHSA,
UK] |
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Abstinence
Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally
Funded Programs |
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The panel said the reasons that HIV rates are
higher in prisons include needle sharing for tattoos or drugs
among inmates [Kaiser Network, USA] |
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Substance
abuse services added to federal employee health benefits plans |
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More than 5.6 million federal employees will
now receive “non-voluntary” screening for substance
abuse through their primary care or other health care providers
[OhMyGov, USA] |
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Thailand's
Anti-Drug Efforts Hindering Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Advocates
Say |
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Thailand's efforts to fight drug use are hindering
HIV/AIDS control programs in the country, some HIV/AIDS and human
rights advocates said recently [Kaiser Network, USA] |
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New
drug users less likely to share needles, have HIV, in Russian
study |
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Given the nature of IDU-related health services
in this region, the authors write that “we emphasize the
need for increasing access to voluntary and confidential HIV
testing in combination with increasing the accessibility of sterile
injecting equipment through pharmacies” [Aidsmap, UK] |
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Afghan
farmers lured off opium crop |
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Afghanistan's opium crop is forecast to fall by up to a half
this year after 2007's record harvest, counter narcotics officials
in Kabul say, as evidence emerges that some poppy farmers are
switching to legal crops because of rising food prices [Financial
Times, UK] |
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