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Brown
warned that cannabis decision may face legal challenge |
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Gordon Brown's decision to overturn the advice
of his own group of drug experts by pressing ahead with a tougher
policy on cannabis could face a high court challenge from campaigners
[Guardian, UK] |
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PM
to ignore advice on cannabis reform |
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The government is to reject recommendations
from a high-powered group of advisers, who believe it should
stay a "soft" drug [The Scotsman, UK] |
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Integrated
Drug Treatment System for Prisons |
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Allocations for 2008/09 [Department of Health,
UK] |
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National
Tackling Drugs Week - 19-23 May 2008 |
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National Tackling Drugs Week is a key national
platform on which local agencies can publicise their efforts
to tackle drug issues. We want to increase public confidence
in, and awareness of the work being done locally to respond to
local drug priorities [Home Office, UK] |
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Whatever
Happened to Harm Reduction? |
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The Department of Health Reducing Drug Related
Harm Action Plan is coming up to its first birthday in a couple
of weeks ... How much have we achieved since its publication
and what can that tell us about the state of harm reduction in
the UK? [Sara McGrail, UK] |
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Industry
marketing can help to reduce harmful drinking |
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Drinks producers and alcohol retailers are
considering how their marketing can help to make drunkenness
socially unacceptable among young adults [Portman Group, UK] |
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Setting
the responsible drinking agenda |
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Companies are in a unique position to inform
and educate consumers through their marketing. 20-page PDF [Portman
Group, UK] |
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More
than 40 per cent of smokers tried to quit in 2007 |
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Forty three per cent of England’s smokers
tried to quit in 2007, and many of them several times [Cancer
Research UK] |
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Checking
Blog visitors |
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Of the Blog visitors, 91.8% returned a second
time. And nearly 500 people have visited on eight or more occasions
[the prof speaks out] |
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European
Parliament in favour of licit use of coca leaf |
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On April 23, 2008, the European Parliament
approved a report by MEP Giusto Catania on the Green
Paper on the role of civil society in drugs policy in the
European Union [UNGASS] |
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Substance
Use by Canadian Youth |
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A National Survey of Canadians' Use of Alcohol
and Other Drugs - Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS) [Health Canada] |
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Government
of Canada Delivering Critical Treatment Initiatives to Address
Illicit Drug Use |
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The Drug Treatment Funding Program (DTFP) is
a new federal contributions program under the Treatment Action
Plan of the National Anti-Drug Strategy. The DTFP will provide
$111 million over five years [Health Canada] |
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Drug
laws tested this week in B.C. Supreme Court |
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Canada's drug prohibitions and the laws upholding
them will be under attack in B.C. Supreme Court this week in
two separate significant legal challenges [Vancouver Sun, Canada] |
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Drug
decriminalisation in Argentina? |
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It appears that Argentina is on course to join
the growing trend in states, in South America and beyond, decriminalising
personal possession of drugs [TDPF] |
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International
Journal of Drug Policy |
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A special issue on the topic of ‘Women
and Harm Reduction’ [IHRA] |
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AMA
to release damning 'ice' report |
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A paper to be released by the AMA today reveals
that more than three quarters of methamphetamine users suffer
from mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and
aggression [ABC, Australia] |
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Call
for hospital drugs liaison officers |
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Specialist drugs liaison officers should be
assigned to hospital emergency departments to cope with the growing
problem of ice and speed use, the Australian Medical Association
says [The Age, Australia] |
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