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New
TOP materials available |
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The TOP tracker form and associated guidance
is now [NTA, UK] |
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DrugScope
responds to today’s media reports about crystal meth |
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In today’s media reports, however, it
has been suggested that the UK may be at the same point as Australia
was in the late 1990s. However, DrugScope would like to emphasise
that the situation in Australia was different [DrugScope, UK] |
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MPs’ probe
into Rx/OTC addiction not concluded |
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The inquiry, which is being conducted by the
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Misuse (APPGDM), is still
in the process of gathering evidence and will not be publishing
its conclusions until much later in the year [PharmaTimes, UK] |
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High
risk of overdose death for opiate detoxification completers |
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Findings from Italy and Australia warn that
detoxification without throughgoing stabilisation, preparation
and aftercare is too often a band-aid measure which risks more
harm then good [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Needle
exchange coverage key to reducing infection risk |
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Californian research demonstrating that visitors
to needle exchanges which prioritise giving them as much equipment
as they need are more adequately supplied which in turn reduces
the risk of transmitting blood-borne diseases [Drug and Alcohol
Findings, UK] |
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Female
drinkers also benefit from couples therapy |
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The latest in what family therapy experts have
called an 'impressive' series of US studies on behavioural couples
therapy for substance misuse found that the benefits extended
to dependent female drinkers [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Harnessing
peer interaction in school-based prevention can backfire |
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Overall a US study found that peer-led, small
group work based on friendship networks augmented the preventive
impact of a substance misuse curriculum, but the reverse was
the case when a pupil's closest friends used substances relatively
frequently [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Alcohol
Concern's Chief Executive steps down |
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Alcohol Concern today announced that its Chief
Executive, Srabani Sen, is moving on after three years to take
on the role of Chief Executive for Contact a Family, a prominent
UK-wide charity providing support to the parents of disabled
children [Alcohol Concern, UK] |
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Diagnosis,
prevention and management of delirium |
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Applications wanted for patient & carer
members on this clinical guideline development group [NICE, UK] |
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Irish
National Drug Awareness Campaign reviewed on Irish Television |
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National Campaign Interview on Seoiga and O\'Shea,
RTE1. Live interview with Minister Pat Carey, TD, Chris Murphy
(Crosscare Drug & Alcohol Programme), Stuart Clarke (Hotpress
Magazine) [drugs.ie, Ireland] |
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Alcohol,
drugs main causes of in-custody deaths: RCMP |
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An internal RCMP report obtained by CBC News
shows 80 people died while in police custody between 2002 to
2006, the majority due to alcohol intoxication or drug overdoses
[CBC, Canada] |
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Drug
Testing Can Influence Parolee Employment and Education |
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A new study by a RAND DPRC researcher provides
the first evidence linking drug testing with positive employment
and education outcomes for individuals recently released to parole
supervision [RAND, USA] |
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Meth
Finally Seeps Into Pop Culture |
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Vince Gilligan needed a character who would
do something truly despicable. So he turned to the ugliest thing
he could think of: methamphetamine [MSN, USA] |
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Physicians
group urges easing of ban on medical marijuana |
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It calls on the government to drop pot's shared
classification with drugs such as heroin and LSD that are considered
to have no medicinal value [LA Times, USA] |
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Treatment
Admissions for Methamphetamine, Prescription Drug and Marijuana
Abuse are on the Rise. |
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Largest Share of Treatment Admissions is Still
for Alcohol Abuse, but Its Share Has Significantly Decreased
Over the Past Decade [SAMHSA, USA] |
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The
NSDUH Report: Use of Specific Hallucinogens: 2006 |
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Based on SAMHSA's 2006 National Survey on Drug
Use and Health of persons aged 12 or older [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Alcohol
Group Pays $240,000 for Lobbying |
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Global Alcohol Producers Pays Akin Gump $240,000
in 2007 to Lobby World Health Organization [CNN, USA] |
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War
on drugs lacks a certain something |
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The officers of the Nablus narcotics squad
were pleasantly surprised to hear recently that the White House
was allocating $US25 million ($28 million) this year to fighting
drugs in the Palestinian territories [SMH, Australia] |
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