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Daily
Dose sponsorship opportunity |
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WIRED is looking for new sponsors to help us
continue and further develop your Daily Dose [Editor] |
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Crystal
meth: A menace that's crystal clear |
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As a drug more dangerous than crack hits Britain,
Cassandra Jardine talks to a family it nearly destroyed [Telegraph,
UK] |
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Cannabis
users to face fixed penalty |
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Only a fraction of the estimated three million
regular cannabis smokers in Britain are punished [Telegraph,
UK] |
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Action
plan targets violent crime |
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The Home Office said that although just 1%
of crime involves serious violence, alcohol is a factor in almost
half of all violent incidents [BBC, UK] |
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Readers
back purge of drunken children on Britain's streets |
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Police must take a zero tolerance approach
to booze-binge youngsters plaguing the streets, says a Mirror
poll [Mirror, UK] |
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Mind
over matter: Anti-smoking drug linked to suicide |
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Would you take a wonder drug that offered to
free you from decades of nicotine addiction? Even if other users
reported sinister psychological side effects? [Independent, UK] |
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Opioid
Substitution Therapy in Prisons: Reviewing the Evidence |
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MMT has not been shown to be an obstacle to
the cessation of drug use, and in fact, MMT has been found to
be more effective than detoxification programs in promoting retention
in drug treatment programs and abstinence from illicit drug use.
12-page PDF [Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network] |
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Needle
and Syringe Programs and Bleach in Prisons: Reviewing the Evidence |
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The concerns raised about NSPs have been shown
to be unfounded. NSPs have not led to increased levels of risk
behaviour among people who use the programs or increased drug
use by people who inject drugs. 10-page PDF [Canadian HIV/AIDS
Legal Network] |
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Seeing
is believing: an educational outreach activity on disinfection
practices |
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In the weeks following this activity, some
participants demonstrated and reported healthy behavioural changes
regarding their own injection practices [Harm Reduction Journal] |
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