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Keep
cannabis in Class C |
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Submission to the Advisory Council on the Misuse
of Drugs (ACMD) cannabis classification review. 16-page PDF [UKDPC] |
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Make
cannabis class B, say campaigners |
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Mental health campaigners will urge the Advisory
Council on the Misuse of Drugs to restore cannabis to class B,
prompted by the harm inflicted on young people by new high-strength
strains of "skunk" cannabis [Telegraph, UK] |
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The
drug laws don't work |
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But it would take a brave politician to suggest
a sober debate on cannabis, let alone the whole basis of the
drug laws [Guardian, UK] |
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Home
Office / Treasury - Stocktake of Anti-Drugs Interventions and
Cost-Effectiveness (2003) |
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This 58 page report has recently been released
following a Freedom of Information request from Transform [TDPF,
UK] |
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Barry
invites Health Minister |
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Health Minister Dawn Primarolo will be invited
to see Oldham's pioneering treatment service for addicts of prescribed
drugs [Benzo, UK] |
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Licensing
law myths and misconceptions exploded |
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“The term ‘24 hour drinking’ should
be consigned to the dustbin”, said Mr Hayward. “It
started as an invention and it remains a myth. It’s a term
that totally misrepresents the reality of the change in our licensing
laws" [BPPA, UK] |
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Public
drinking ban for under-18s |
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Police are to get new powers to confiscate
alcohol from under-18s who drink in public, the government says
[BBC, UK] |
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Risk
factors for alcohol and other drug use by healthcare professionals |
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National and state organizations need to develop
policies that focus on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation
of alcohol and other drug-using healthcare professionals [Substance
Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy] |
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Doctors
warn of alcohol risk to patients facing surgery |
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A new study shows drinking even moderate amounts
prior to surgery could slow down recovery and weaken the immune
system [Guardian, UK] |
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Philip
Morris to launch 'snack-size' cigarette |
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A "snack-size" cigarette is being
planned to allow smokers forced outside by the smoking ban to
get a quick fix of nicotine [Telegraph, UK] |
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Treating
alcohol dependence |
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When and how to use 4 medications [Current
Psychiatry, USA] |
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The
Cost of Pushing Pills |
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A New Estimate of Pharmaceutical Promotion
Expenditures in the United States [PLoS, USA] |
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New
Study on Drug Addiction Exposes Media’s Misrepresentation
of OxyContin “Plague” |
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The media, DEA, created a myth of widespread
accidental addiction new data on drug addicts shows [STATS, USA] |
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