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| Archived Daily News - 28th
April 2008 |
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A
mental block in policy |
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The vast majority of our prisoners suffer from
at least one of the following: addiction to drugs or alcohol;
near or total illiteracy; and mental health disorders ... But
few leave prison with their problems solved and drug-free [Guardian,
UK] |
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Cannabis
decision |
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We warmly applaud the Prime Minister’s
stated intention to override the recommendations by the Advisory
Council on the Misuse of Drugs and reclassify cannabis. 9 signatories
to a letter to [The Times, UK] |
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The
All Party Parliamentary Group on Cannabis and Children - and
Brown stuff |
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The real irony of all this is the one group
of people this is all supposed to be about - cannabis users -
couldn’t care less what class it’s in [UKCIA] |
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Crime
in England and Wales |
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Quarterly Update to December 2007. 11-page
PDF [Home Office, UK] |
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Mushroom
ban before the summer |
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Ministers agreed to bring in the ban on the
sale of fresh mushrooms, which is supported by a majority of
MPs [Dutch Dews] |
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Cocaine's
lethal leftovers take violent grip on slum children |
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The use of paco, a smokeable cocaine residue,
has risen in the slums of Buenos Aires, is behind a drugs epidemic
and drug-induced violence [Times, UK] |
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Substance
and Substitution |
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Book - Methadone Subjects in Liberal Societies
[Palgrave Macmillan] |
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End
our jailhouse blues |
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Thousands of prisoners suffering from drug
and mental health problems need help behind bars, not official
bungling [The Age, Austalia] |
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Australia
raises alcopops tax by 70pc |
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The tax on alcopops rose by 70 per cent in
Australia yesterday as new research showed that teenage girls
are drinking more than boys [Telegraph, UK] |
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UN
to launch drug rehab training programme |
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC) will soon launch a programme for training doctors to
help rehabilitate drug addicts, aids patients and patients with
mental disorders, informed sources told [The News on Sunday,
Pakistan] |
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