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Reducing
the risk of violent crime - Summary |
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More than 45 per cent of violent offenders
are thought to be under the influence of alcohol. Full
Report 1,010 KB PDF [National Audit Office, UK] |
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Tesco
backs cheap alcohol limits |
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Supermarket giant Tesco says it is willing
to work with the government on possible legislation that would
limit its ability to sell cut-price alcohol [BBC, UK] |
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Call
to halt cheap alcohol offers |
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The British Medical Association is to publish
a report on how the way drinks are sold fuels the "alcohol
epidemic" [BBC, UK] |
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Mental
health and ill health in doctors |
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Problems with alcohol, drugs and depression
are particularly common. 36-page PDF [DoH, UK] |
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Stella
Project Toolkit (2nd edition) |
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Drugs, alcohol and domestic violence: good
practice guidelines. Download [GLDVP,
UK] |
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Cost
of violent crime is over £13 billion a year |
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The NAO figures show nearly half of the perpetrators
of violent crimes were thought to be drunk and 17 per cent under
the influence of drugs at the time [Telegraph, UK] |
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Crackdown
on drugs at nightclubs |
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A crackdown on drugs in nightclubs is underway
with uniformed police supporting entrance door security staff
searching people going into venues [BBC, UK] |
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Costly
emergency prison accommodation close to breaking point |
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It is also impossible to begin any form of
long term treatment for mental health and drug addiction [BMA,
UK] |
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Druglink
Readers Survey 2008 |
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It has been some while since we conducted a
survey of Druglink readers and since we have upgraded the design
and included more contributions from professional writers, we
would like to know what you think about it [DrugScope, UK] |
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Charity
publishers closed in the public interest |
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A Liverpool-based company which used misleading
sales practices to solicit sponsorship from businesses for books
covering children's issues such as bullying, drug awareness and
internet safety has been wound up in the High Court following
an investigation by Companies Investigation Branch [GNN, UK] |
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The
ACMD cannabis decision: stay in class C |
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What the Government will do when the ACMD report
back in favour of Class C is hard to say [TDPF, UK] |
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Changing
the script on drugs |
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Drug users are society’s modern day lepers.
They are the new scapegoats – and while it can be argued
that the plight of users is made inexorably worse by the drug
laws, the deeply held antipathy towards drug users goes back
into the Temperance years of the 19th century when drugs like
heroin, morphine and cocaine were still legal [Druglink, UK] |
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Clinics
help smokers quit tobacco |
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An NHS stop-smoking campaign is claiming success
in helping nearly 3,000 people quit tobacco [BBC, UK] |
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Social
Justice: Bad facts make worse precedents |
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Just how paternalistic do we want our society
to be? Is it the place of civil law to protect people from their
own excesses? [Law Times, Canada] |
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Motivating
Illegal Drug Use Recovery |
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Evidence for a Culturally Congruent Intervention. Download
15-page PDF [RAND, USA] |
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Supporting
Research into the Therapeutic Role of Marijuana |
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A 13-page PDF position paper [American College
of Physicians] |
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Even
ONDCP Has A Moment of Clarity |
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Unfortunately, it also appears to be just a
moment of clarity in the ONDCP's ongoing addiction to the drug
war [DPA, USA] |
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Alcoholism
drug market: shift in disease perception required for long-term
growth |
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Estimated to be worth just $86 million in 2006,
the alcohol dependence pharmaceutical market is set to grow to
$304 million by 2016 [Trading Markets, USA] |
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Strongest-ever
doping protection for Aussie Olympians |
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In an historic partnership, the Australian
Government and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) are working
together on a world-leading anti-doping program for the 2008
Australian Olympic Team [Minister for Sport, Australia] |
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Drug
Policy Roundtable challenged to avoid rhetoric and ignorance |
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Significant harm reduction to the people of
New Zealand or simplistic political rhetoric. Those were presented
as the alternatives to attendees at the Drug Policy Roundtable
in Wellington [New Zealand Drug Foundation] |
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IHRA
slams International Narcotics Control Board secrecy |
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In a new report released this week by the International
Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), the International Narcotics
Control Board comes in for some heavy criticism for being overly
secretive, closed to external dialogue with civil society, and
out of kilter with similar agencies in other UN programes [TDPF,
UK] |
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Schools
can search and test pupils for drugs |
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Schools are preparing for random drug testing
on pupils after government recently passed a law to allow such
tests [Dispatch, South Africa] |
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How
are teachers to test for drugs? |
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Principals and teachers are wary of implementing newly passed
laws which allow for testing of pupils suspected of using drugs
[IoL, South Africa] |
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Marijuana
Vending Machines in Los Angeles |
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Marijuana Vending Machines in Los Angeles are Contrary to International
Drug Control Treaties, says [INCB] |
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