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Gordon
Brown's tough stance on cannabis |
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Cannabis is expected to be reclassified as
a class B drug as part of Gordon Brown's drive to show Labour's
softer line on some drug use is over [Telegraph, UK] |
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Gordon
Brown planning clampdown on cannabis over health concerns |
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Cannabis is to be reclassified as a Class B
drug after an official review this spring [Times, UK] |
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Coroner
says police chief is wrong on ecstasy |
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Taking ecstasy can have dire consequences,
a coroner has said, rejecting a leading policeman's claim that
the drug was "remarkably safe" [Telegraph, UK] |
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Cannabinoids
for chronic pain |
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Is effective but research is needed to decide
which subgroups of people benefit most [Editorial, BMJ, UK] |
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Supermarket
beer below pubs' trade price |
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The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers
(ALMR) wants the Government to ban supermarkets from selling
alcohol below cost [Telegraph, UK] |
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A
little alcohol 'can be healthy' |
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However, UK experts warned people should not
be encouraged to drink, as too much alcohol can be very damaging
[BBC, UK] |
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How
Was It For You - A Drug Policy Review of the Year (Part 2) |
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Part two of the best and worst of 2007 - including
the National Drug Strategy Consultation, The Big Book of Drug
Policy from the Conservatives, The Little Book of Legalisation
from Transform Drug Policy Foundation and THAT Today programme
interview [Sara McGrail, Blog, UK] |
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New
drive to tackle surge in drug abuse |
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Drugs Strategy Minister Pat Carey said the
Government was determined to stamp out the use of deadly drug
cocktails, that often included the use of alcohol with other
substances [Independent, Ireland] |
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Budget
allocation for National Drugs Strategy |
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An extra €12.5 million has been provided
for the drugs initiative bringing the total drugs funding to €64m
per annum [CityWide, Ireland] |
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Training
for GPs to identify and treat patients misusing drugs |
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A surge in drug and alcohol misuse among people
at home has forced GPs to take up urgent training to cope with
distraught families [Irish Examiner] |
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Opiate
dependence and pregnancy - a 20 year follow-up study |
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This study examined the 20-year outcome of
55 women who were pregnant and using opiates in 1985 and were
attending the Drug Treatment Centre and Advisory Board, Dublin.
Word document [Addiction Ireland] |
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Why
is Canada copying failure? |
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Is there really anyone anywhere in Canada who
believes that U.S. drug policies are working? Or that they are
deserving of being copied here? [Vancouver Sun, Canada] |
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Pills:
America's Stealth Source of Addiction |
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A number of national studies and published
reports (13-page
PDF) are reporting that the intentional abuse of prescription
drugs, such as pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants and
sedatives, to get high is a growing concern—particularly
among teens [Pushing Back, ONDCP, USA] |
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Doctors
Underestimate the Power of Screening for Problem Drinking |
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A 10-minute screening and talk with a doctor
about problem drinking delivers almost as much bang for the buck
to the health system as childhood immunization and advice about
taking aspirin to prevent stroke and heart attack, according
to a new systematic review [HBNS, USA] |
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Afghanistan's
Most Wretched Battle Addiction |
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Swelling Ranks of Heroin Addicts in Kabul Scrap
for Meager Resources [Ariana, Afghanistan] |
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Nominations
Invited for 2008 IHRA Awards |
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Nominations are now being invited for the 2008
International Rolleston Award, the 2008 National Rolleston Award
and the 2008 Travis Jenkins Award [IHRA] |
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DrugWorld |
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January newsletter. 3-page PDF [Paul Cook] |
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Making
a difference: UNAIDS in Ukraine |
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Ukraine has managed to increase the number of people on treatment
from 200 in 2004/5 to currently over 7000, reach the coverage
level of prevention programmes of 35% of injecting drug users,
and finally allow the importation of methadone for substitution
maintenance treatment for injecting drug users [UNAIDS] |
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