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Daily
Dose sponsorship details |
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WIRED is
appealing for sponsors whose support is absolutely essential
for the continued publication of Daily Dose [Editor] |
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Home
Office spin guide for the new drug strategy. Part 1 |
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when the new drug strategy was launched with
a medium sized fanfare yesterday it was no surprise that a pretty
comprehensive briefing was also circulated to relevant civil
servants on how to answer likely questions from the media [TDPF,
UK] |
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Duped
on dope |
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Amid all the hype about the government's new
10-year drug strategy, does anyone remember that the last one
failed? [Comment - Guardian, UK] |
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Policy
narcosis |
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The government keeps returning to a punitive-prohibitionist
stance on drugs when every informed view, including its own analysts',
advises otherwise
[Comment - Guardian, UK] |
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The
UK Government's New Drug Strategy: (or Spin?) |
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The governments 'new' drug strategy has caused
a mixed reaction. Some mild some vehement; others have reacted
with cautious enthusiasm, and a few with cynicism [Medical News
Today, UK] |
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Some
simple facts about drug abuse |
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Stunned by crass simplicity of proposals to
withdraw benefits from drug users [Letters - Guardian, UK] |
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Worrying
words |
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Get a job or lose your house. Give up drugs
or lose your income. Do skills training or pay the price. Such
posturing from ministers over recent days has created the impression
that the welfare state is being refashioned into a system of
punishment [Leader - Guardian, UK] |
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Release
responds briefly to new drug strategy |
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The Drug Strategy for the next ten years looks
like much of the same, but there are some aspects of it which
appear slightly sinister [Release, UK] |
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Drug
strategy: DrugScope CEO interview Guardian Daily podcast |
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Martin Barnes, chief executive of charity DrugScope,
welcomes elements of the government's new drugs strategy, announced
yesterday. But he says there should be more effort to help addicts
in the workplace. Scroll down to audio link [Guardian, UK] |
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Innocence
lost as children turn to the hard drugs |
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One in 20 children in the Capital has a £26-a-week
drug habit, a new survey has revealed [Scotsman, UK] |
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Alcohol
Information Pack for Offenders under Probation Supervision |
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An alcohol information pack for offenders under
Probation supervision has been developed by the Interventions
and Substance Abuse Unit in conjunction with Alcohol Concern
and MP Consultancy [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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SSRI
Anti-depressants |
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Calls upon the Government to provide withdrawal
clinics for people addicted to prescribed drugs [Early Day Motions,
Parliament, UK] |
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Canna
Zine Daily Cannabis News Magazine - Enemy of the State? |
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Since the start of January we have suffered
a catalogue of problems with regard to getting our material published
[Canna Zine, UK] |
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German
Police Paid Informants in Drugs |
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Police in the north German city of Bremen have
been paying informants in drugs [Spiegel, Germany] |
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Parent
Power |
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To make Parent Power a book that will help
all parents raise healthy children, we need you to tell us how
you talk and listen to your child about alcohol, marijuana, pills,
tobacco and other drugs. Share your comments now [CASA, USA] |
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NIAAA
Expert Discusses Minority Disparities in Alcohol Use and Treatment |
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In our continuing editorial series with experts
from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA),
Coalitions Online interviewed Ricardo Brown, Ph. D., Health Science
Administrator and Minority Health and Health Disparities Coordinator
[CADCA, USA] |
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One
in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008 |
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It flows principally from a wave of policy
choices that are sending more lawbreakers to prison and, through
popular “three-strikes” measures and other sentencing
enhancements, keeping them there longer. 37-page PDF [Pew Charitable
Trusts, USA] |
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New
booze buses can also catch drugged drivers |
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Police say they will now be able to test drivers
for drugs as well as alcohol with two state-of-the-art "booze
buses" delivered to them today [Stuff.co, New Zealand] |
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