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Neighbours
told to shop drunks and drug addicts |
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Scots are being urged to shop their neighbours
to police and social workers if they suspect they are neglecting
their children because of drug addiction or alcohol abuse [Scotland
on Sunday, UK] |
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'Booze
and blades' study aims to stem violence |
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A major study into Scotland's 'booze and blades
culture' has been ordered by ministers desperate to stem a rising
tide of violent crime [Scotland on Sunday, UK] |
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The
real face of cocaine culture? |
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Unlike heroin, cocaine is often seen as a “clean” -
and therefore safe - drug [Times, UK] |
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Ladettes
fuel rise in drink-drive women |
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A record number of women have been convicted
of drink-driving, with offences up by 60% over the past decade.
By contrast, the number of male offenders has begun to fall [Times,
UK] |
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Swathed
in a liquid blanket |
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Tania Glyde had a 23-year love affair with
alcohol, until she realised it was killing her. In this second
exclusive extract, she recounts the painful road to recovery
[Times, UK] |
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Reclassifying
cannabis 'would make no difference to young' |
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Reclassifying cannabis would be pointless and
therefore unlikely to make any difference to young users of the
drug, according to a new report by some of the country's top
criminal policy experts [Independent, UK] |
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Call
me the mad mullah of the police but drugs should be legal |
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The chief constable who last week said ecstasy
is safer than aspirin peddles his drug theory to our correspondent
[Times, UK] |
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Rehab
tales: True confessions from the frontline of addiction |
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There are as many stories as there are candidates
for rehabilitation. The addict's tale is shaping up to be the
genre of our times [Independent, UK] |
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‘Take
tobacco off shelves’ says Ash |
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The new head of Scotland's leading anti-smoking
charity has called for cigarettes to be taken off shop shelves
as part of efforts to dissuade the next generation from taking
up the habit [Herald, UK] |
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My
Name's Bill - A play |
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Based on true events that led to the formation
of Alcoholics Anonymous "My Name’s Bill" honestly
portrays the ordeals, suffering and victories of people and loved
ones working with and recovering from substance misuse [Outside
Edge Theatre Company, UK] |
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Study
Of Barriers To Effective Addiction Treatment By UGA Researchers |
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More than 23 million Americans aged 12 or older
need treatment for substance abuse and addiction, yet only a
fraction - less than 10 percent - actually receive it [Medical
News Today, UK] |
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Assembling
the jigsaw puzzle of drug addiction |
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Using an integrative meta-analysis approach,
researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University
in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying
drug addiction and identified five molecular pathways common
to four different addictive drugs [EurekAlert, USA] |
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Cocaine
Prices Climb, U.S. Drug Czar Declares A Win |
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NPR Investigation Suggests Otherwise [Addiction
Inbox, USA] |
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Alaska
Attacks Alcohol Problem |
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Charlie Cross counted how many friends and
relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with
19 [Washington Post, USA] |
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Alarm
over lollies packaged to look like drugs |
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A Sydney company that manufactures lollies
in pharmaceutical-style pill packaging has been accused of making
drugs attractive to children [Sunday Telegraph, Australia] |
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