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Scotland's
youth cocaine crisis |
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One in 10 Scottish teenagers over the age of
16 is now taking cocaine as the cost of the illegal drug has
fallen following record harvests in South America [Scotland on
Sunday, UK] |
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MoD
to spend £10m tackling mental problems |
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Increasing numbers of soldiers, sailors and
airmen suffer from addictions and personality disorders after
duty in Iraq and Afghanistan [Independent, UK] |
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Drugs
don’t give no satisfaction, say Stones |
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The Rolling Stones, the original bad boys of
rock, have warned younger pop idols not to take drugs, because
of the health risks [Times, UK] |
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Police
launch half-term crackdown on teenage drinkers |
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Police are being given alcohol-testing strips
to catch teenagers trying to hide beer, cider or spirits in soft
drink bottles as part of a major crackdown on underage drinking
[Observer, UK] |
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Binge-drinking
is as British as rain |
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Britain copes manfully with the clouds of gloom
and dismay about violent drunkenness in the same way it copes
with other miserable facts of nature, such as rain, HIPs, bad
public transport, an NHS without doctors at night or 16-year-olds
leaving school illiterate [Telegraph, UK] |
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Diary
of a functioning alcoholic |
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They're smart, successful professionals who
never miss a day's work - the very opposite of the image of the
problem drinker. Natasha Courtenay-Smith meets three upright
young women who thought alcoholism would never happen to them
[Telegraph, UK] |
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Last
orders for boozy freshers |
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The days of new students being initiated into
binge drinking at universities may be numbered. The government
is considering plans to clamp down on “freshers’ weeks”,
where students are encouraged to consume vast quantities of cheap
alcohol [Times, UK] |
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Crackdown
on cheap booze hit by web loophole |
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Internetusers will be able to buy cheap drink
online regardless of a ministerial crackdown on cut-price alcohol
[Scotland on Sunday, UK] |
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Wells
issues Chambers ultimatum |
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Allan Wells has threatened to sever ties with
the British Olympic Association if sprinter Dwain Chambers is
allowed to run in Beijing [BBC, UK] |
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Running
away from the truth |
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Linford Christie is still in denial and, despite
the outrage over Dwain Chambers, still defending a sport whose
image has been badly damaged [Observer, UK] |
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Forgive
Dwain Chambers, urges old rival |
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Obikwelu, competing in the 60m at yesterday's
Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham, said he bore his former
rival no ill will and called on the British governing body to
give him a second chance [Telegraph, UK] |
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Question
Time for UK Athletics and Dwain Chambers |
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10 questions [Times, UK] |
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Inhalants
and Children: Ignorance Takes a Terrible Toll |
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Over the years, we had discussed many things
with our five children: drugs, alcohol, sexual responsibility.
Regrettably, at one time I allowed my children to inhale helium
from balloons. I laughed as they talked in that squeaky high
voice. I did not understand the permissive message I was sending.
Now, I do [Washington Post, USA] |
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The
Battle Against Drugs |
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President Bush is not alone in making cuts
in spending for domestic drug prevention and treatment. Those
of us in the field have witnessed a steady stream of cuts as
elected officials seem frustrated in our failure to produce a
drug-free America and sober drug addicts [New York Times, USA] |
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Celebrating
a Resounding Victory for Syringe Access in Washington! |
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Over one hundred people stood on Wednesday
evening in a well appointed banquet room of a congressional office
building on Capitol Hill to honor those lawmakers, public health
officials and community advocates who played a major role in
lifting the local funding ban on syringe exchange programs in
the Nation's Capitol [DPA, USA] |
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2006
Highlights: Treatment Episode Data Set |
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2006 National Admissions to Substance Abuse
Treatment Services [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Doctors
group backs marijuana for medical uses |
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A leading US doctors group has endorsed using
marijuana for medical purposes, urging the US government to roll
back a prohibition on using it to treat patients and supporting
studies into its medical applications [The Age, Australia] |
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Alcohol
guide 'unrealistic' |
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New alcohol guidelines that set a two-drinks-a-day
cap on adults while warning pregnant women and young people not
to drink at all have been condemned as unrealistic and lacking
in credibility by one of Australia's leading authorities on alcohol
abuse [The Age, Australia] |
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