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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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New
Daily Dose Comment |
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For anyone trying to follow the twists and
turns of drug and alcohol policy Daily Dose provides an invaluable
tool for understanding what is going on in the public and academic
debate. It is also great to get a link from the site, as we do
from time to time; it means that what we’re saying is seen
by many more than would otherwise immediately see our point of
view on any given story [Andrew Brown, Coordinator, Drug
Education Forum, UK] |
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24-hour
drinking fuels rise in crime |
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Labour's laws on 24-hour drinking were condemned
by police yesterday as new figures showed that officers were
having to deal with thousands of extra alcohol-related crimes
a month since restrictions were relaxed [Telegraph, UK] |
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Time
for a sober look at 'epidemic' nonsense |
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Part of the fun of saying there is an epidemic
is that you can blame someone for causing it. On the lynch-mob's
scaffold this week is Tesco [Comment - Telegraph, UK] |
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Survey
into drug and alcohol training under way |
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Social workers who qualified in 2006 or 2007
are being invited to take part in a survey on drug and alcohol
training [Community Care, UK] |
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Random
Drug Testing |
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Response to the confirmation that a trial of
random drug testing will not be going ahead in Kent. By Eric
Carlin, Chair of the [Drug Education Forum, UK] |
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New
UK Drug Strategy Publication |
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The new UK drug strategy is due for publication
next week, on Wednesday February 27th. This Transform briefing
for journalists provides the historical and political backdrop
for the new publication, a description of its likely contents,
along with detailed notes and links to further information. 14-page
PDF [TDPF, UK] |
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Recovering
addicts often a workplace plus |
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Employees on the road to recovery deserve a
second chance. That's the mantra of Mark Elliot, a Toronto radio
talk show host who is also a recovering addict [Business Edge,
Canada] |
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Restore
Funding for the Drug Free Communities Program for FY 2009 |
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To make it as easy as possible for you, CADCA
has posted a pre-drafted
letter to the members of your congressional delegation [CADCA,
USA] |
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Ethan
Nadelmann Remembers Dr. John P. Morgan |
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Dr. John P. Morgan, a drug policy reform leader
and close friend to DPA, died suddenly last Friday [DPA, USA] |
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Cheap
Cocaine Floods Argentina, Devouring Lives |
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The surge in drug use has been fueled by porous
borders, economic hardship and, more recently, the rolling back
of restrictions on coca growing since President Evo Morales took
office in 2006 in neighboring Bolivia [New York Times, USA] |
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PM
prepares to revive war on drugs |
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Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said the government
will revive the war on drug campaign, which the first time around
allegedly caused around 2,500 extra-judicial killings [Bangkok
Post, Thailand] |
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