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Spending
watchdog to review drugs cash |
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In producing their independent report, Audit
Scotland will set their own remit and objectives, and publish
an authoritative, full and comprehensive study on the scale and
effectiveness of spending on tackling drugs [Scottish Government,
UK] |
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Watchdog
to look into effect of drugs policies |
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Scotland's public spending watchdog is to investigate
the effectiveness of current anti-drugs policies as ministers
prepare to draw up a new strategy to tackle the problem [The
Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Tackling
scourge of drugs |
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A proper evaluation of the effectiveness of
the £12m a year we are spending on methadone is needed
urgently, but there must also be agreement on what a drugs policy
should achieve [The Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Background
briefing |
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Professor David Clark reflects on different
circumstances related to the treatment of substance use problems
[Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Deadly
serious |
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Some countries give the death sentence for
possession of an amount of drugs that won't even merit a custodial
sentence elsewhere. David Gilliver looks at how the field and
human rights campaigners are coming together to tackle this 21st
century barbarism [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Getting
it right for women |
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Ignoring women's specific needs can leave them
highly vulnerable to relapse. Maggie Semmens and Claire Clarke
share how they became more responsive to women in Clouds' mixed-sex
treatment centre [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Art
comes to life |
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Occupational therapy can open up a more creative
route to recovery, as Jenny Lancaster explains with the help
of service user Gillian Mowberry [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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We
did it! |
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Our regular columnist Daren Garratt reflects
on our first user involvement conference on 31 January, when
service users joined professionals and policymakers for a lively
day of debate [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Letters |
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Responses to recent DDN features [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Drug-cheat
Chambers: I'm a good example to people |
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Chambers said: "Drugs are wrong and I
have served my time and shown I can come back and win races clean
- so I feel I am a good example to people [Mirror, UK] |
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Chambers
surges to win and demands his medal chance |
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UK Athletics last night refused to assure Dwain
Chambers of a place at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia
next month after the sprinter produced the result the sport feared
most [Guardian, UK] |
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Richer
but less happy, we are now a pill-popping people |
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It will take more than a change in prescription
rules to break Britain's growing dependence on antidepressants
[Guardian, UK] |
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Groups
Seek Repeal Of Ban On Federal Funding For Needle-Exchange Programs |
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The NAACP, the National Urban League and other
advocacy groups on Thursday, which also is National Black HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day, called on Congress to repeal a 20-year-old ban
on federal funding for needle-exchange programs [Medical News
Today, UK] |
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Needle
Exchanges No Guarantee Against Spread Of HIV And Hepatitis
C |
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Comment on the above article [Medical News
Today, UK] |
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Women
Behind Bars |
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War on drugs leads to explosion of female incarcerations
[In These Times, USA] |
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The
first post-Howard TV ads to screen |
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Although I’m a big fan of money being
spent on prevention, it’s good to see the treatment sector
getting some coverage [Australian Drug Blog] |
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