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Police
to urge cannabis regrading |
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Senior police officers are to tell government
advisers that cannabis should be upgraded from a Class C to a
more dangerous Class B drug [BBC, UK] |
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Police
may be given equipment to test drivers for drugs |
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Drivers could be tested for drug use with a "drugalyser" from
next year under government plans to crack down on drug-related
road accidents [Guardian, UK] |
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Drugs
rehab to be tested on petty offenders |
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Petty offenders on drugs will be forced to
go clean or face a jail sentence in a new pilot project [The
Herald, UK] |
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Tories
demand prisoner drug tests |
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The Scottish Conservatives last night demanded
the re-introduction of mandatory drug testing for prisoners in
Scottish jails [Courier, UK] |
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New
drugs strategy must tackle underlying inequalities |
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A share of Scotland’s billion-pound regeneration
budget should be invested into directly tackling the underlying
health, income and social inequalities at the root of the country’s
drugs problem [Scottish Drugs Forum, UK] |
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24-hour
licensing doesn't mean 24-hour drinking |
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To be successful in tackling problem drinking
we must take an unemotional look at the facts - Jeremy Beadles,
chief executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association [Guardian,
UK] |
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WSTA
urges Darling not to increase alcohol tax |
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The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA)
is urging Alistair Darling not to punish “the majority
of responsible drinkers” by raising tax on alcohol in the
Budget [The Publican, UK] |
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Hepatitis
C in England |
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The Health Protection Agency Annual Report
2007. 72-page PDF [HPA, UK] |
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New
Hep C database could rectify info gap |
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The current gap in medical information and
treatment in relation to Irish people with Hepatitis C is in
the process of being rectified with the creation of a national
Hep C database, according to experts in this field [Irish Medical
News] |
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10
things you didn't know about HMRC Detection Dogs |
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HM Revenue & Custom (HMRC) Detection dogs
were first introduced 30 years ago in 1978, and have been one
of the most successful tools in protecting society from the dangers
of illegal drugs reaching the general public [HM Customs, UK] |
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Drugs
Flowing to Europe Via West Africa |
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A drug trafficking problem that is rapidly
spreading from Nigeria to the west coast of Africa, leading to
a new surge of drugs flowing into Europe [Associated Press] |
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It
was 20 years ago today |
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An interview with CCSA's founding chair, Dr.
David Archibald who recalls the social and political circumstances
that led to CCSA's establishment. 16-page PDF [CCSA, Canada] |
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Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation Awards |
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$2.2 Million in Advancing Recovery Grants to
Six States to Improve Addiction Treatment. Sites receive up to
$360,000 each to increase success rates through evidence-based
practices [RWJF, USA] |
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White
House Pushes Controversial Student Drug Testing Agenda |
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This policy is unsupported by the available
science and opposed by leading experts in adolescent health [Common
Dreams, USA] |
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Adolescent
Substance Use and Abuse: Recognition and Management |
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Substance abuse in adolescents is undertreated
in the United States. Family physicians are well positioned to
recognize substance use in their patients and to take steps to
address the issue before use escalates [American Family Physician] |
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Misuse
of Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications among Persons
Aged 12 to 25 |
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In 2006, about 3.1 million persons aged 12
to 25 (5.3 percent) had ever used an over-the-counter (OTC) cough
and cold medication to get high (i.e., “misused” the
drug), and nearly 1 million (1.7 percent) had done so in the
past year [NSDUH, USA] |
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Rehabilitation
trend chokes clinics |
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Melbourne's drug and alcohol rehabilitation
clinics are being inundated with people seeking help, as celebrity
meltdowns make seeking support more acceptable [Herald Sun, Australia] |
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Economic
Opportunities for Poor Afghan Farmers Key to Opium Fight |
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Development solutions will be required to change
economic incentives and wean Afghanistan's rural communities
from dependence on opium production in the medium and long term
[World Bank] |
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Afghanistan
needs 'alternative' to opium |
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The world needs to invest more than $US2 billion
($A2.2 billion) in irrigation, roads and other rural development
to wean Afghanistan off booming opium cultivations, the World
Bank says [The Age, Australia] |
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Report
urges Afghan farmer boost |
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A new report on Afghanistan's drugs trade urges
more investment to provide alternative livelihoods for farmers
[BBC, UK] |
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Afghan
opium increasingly confined to south-U.S. |
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An opium crackdown is bearing fruit in the
north and east of Afghanistan, but progress there has been outweighed
by increased production in the south, the U.S. coordinator on
the issue said [Reuters] |
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