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Sharp
rise in cocaine use by workers |
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Employers conducting random drug tests found
a 34 per cent increase in positive tests for cocaine in 2007,
according to Concateno, the UK’s largest drug and alcohol
testing company [FT, UK] |
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Lessons
on drugs |
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PC Andy Scarratt's talk is crucial to Dorset
Police's drug awareness campaign and also forms part of its Operation
Dismantle initiative aimed to tackle drug supply and reduce drug-related
crime [Dorset Echo, UK] |
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Get
involved |
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Projects, research and volunteering in the
drugs field - This page lists projects and activities that are
looking for assistance [DrugScope, UK] |
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Nicolas
Sarkozy's police pledge to suburbs |
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Mr Sarkozy also unveiled plans to help 100,000
people find work and declared "war without mercy" on
drug dealers and the "law of silence" that surrounds
them [Telegraph, UK] |
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Cannabis
'Scrips to Calm Kids? |
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As a California pediatrician and 49-year-old
mother of two teenage daughters, Claudia Jensen says pot might
prove to be the preferred medical treatment for attention deficit
disorder [FOX NEWS, USA] |
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Healing
a Troubled Mind Takes More Than a Pill |
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The use of antidepressants in the United States
has exploded in the past couple of decades, and drugs such as
Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft, which didn't even exist 20 years ago,
are household names, almost household staples [Washington Post,
USA] |
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Dual
diagnosis programs benefit depressed and bipolar alcoholics |
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Specifically designed dual diagnosis inpatient
treatment programs for depressed and bipolar alcoholics appear
to be efficacious, yielding significant reductions in mood, craving,
and alcohol/drug consumption, Irish study findings indicate [Psychiatry
Source, USA] |
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American
Pharmacists Association Applauds White House Prescription Drug
Campaign |
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The American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
applauds the campaign of the White House Office of National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP) to alert parents and other adults to the
dangers of teen prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse
[Pushing Back, ONDCP, USA] |
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Few
From Obama’s Youth Remember His Drug Use |
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In more than three dozen interviews, friends,
classmates and mentors from his high school and Occidental recalled
Mr. Obama as being grounded, motivated and poised, someone who
did not appear to be grappling with any drug problems and seemed
only to dabble with marijuana [New York Times, USA] |
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Congress
urged to OK $1.4 billion anti-drug package for Mexico |
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The Bush administration and law enforcement
officials appealed to Congress on Thursday to approve a $1.4
billion foreign-aid package to Mexico – assistance they
say is needed to stabilize a region rocked by a renewed surge
in drug violence [Dallas News, USA] |
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Addicts
fall prey to drawback of Iran's geography |
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Officially there are 1m drug addicts in Iran
but international health workers estimate that the figure is
much closer to 5m, in a country of 70m people [FT, UK] |
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