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Funding
for drug treatment moves towards a fairer system |
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The National Treatment Agency (NTA) welcomes
the Government’s continued commitment to substantial investment
in drug treatment, with Pooled Drug Treatment Budget (PTB) funding
for drug treatment in 2008/9 being maintained at the 2007/08
record level of £398m [NTA, UK] |
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Government
announces major investment in drug treatment services |
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Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo today
announced £398m funding for drug treatment for 2008/09
to build on the successes of existing drug treatment programmes
[DoH, UK] |
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Local
Alcohol Strategy Implementation Toolkit |
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This toolkit is a resource to help local teams
develop strategies to address alcohol-related crime, ill health
and other harm. 72-page PDF [Home Office] |
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Youth
alcohol action plan must tackle young people's attitudes |
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Measures to reduce binge drinking will need
to go deeper than those indicated in The Children's Plan if they
are to be successful, a youth crime expert has warned [Youth
Justice News, UK] |
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Substance
misuse -more than a quick fix |
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Tony Sheldon looks at the history and the evidence
behind the increased prescribing in Europe.There are links on
the page to yes / no opinions (registration required) [Abstract
- BMJ, UK] |
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Court
victory for drug addict |
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A former addict has opened a new front in the
war on illegal drugs by successfully suing her dealer for selling
her crystal methamphetamine that almost killed her [Times, UK] |
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Abuse
of cannabis puts 500 a week in hospital |
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The public health impact of the Government's
decision to downgrade cannabis is disclosed today in official
figures showing a 50 per cent rise in the number of people requiring
medical treatment after using the drug [Telegraph, UK] |
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It
may be too late to reclassify cannabis |
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The effect on young people of this drug is
enormous [Letters, Times, UK] |
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Testing
on Arrest Net too Wide and too Woolly |
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Calculations made by Drug and Alcohol Findings
suggest that just 1% of arrestees tested for drug use under England's
Tough Choices programme start treatment and are retained for
12 weeks [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Challenging
prohibitionist myths and misinformation |
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After a short break The blog returns to the
serialisation of Transform's latest publication :After the War
on Drugs, Tools for the Debate [TDPF, UK] |
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Four
reasons to celebrate for LEAP |
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Lothians & Edinburgh Abstinence Programme
(LEAP) has celebrated the successful completion of the project
by four more patients. Word document [LEAP, UK] |
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Balls
promises to provide safe refuges for runaway children |
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A coalition of children's charities yesterday
won a 20-year campaign to safeguard the welfare of 86,000 young
people who run away from home in England each year [Guardian,
UK] |
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Smoking
is good for financial health |
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Cigarettes may be hazardous for smokers but
tobacco shares put in a healthy performance yesterday [Guardian,
UK] |
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Youth
rarely heed expert warnings on drug risks, study finds |
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Young people are “rarely” influenced
by warnings from experts about the dangers of drugs, research
has indicated [Irish Examiner] |
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The
NSDUH Report: Misuse of Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications
among Persons Aged 12 to 25 |
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Based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use
and Health, in 2006 about 3.1 million persons aged 12 to 25 (5.3%)
had ever used an over-the-counter cough and cold medication to
get high [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Experience
the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Audio and
Video |
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Recordings of almost every session are available
for download [DPA, USA] |
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Federal
Government Receives Failing Grades on Tobacco Control |
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American Lung Association Calls on Federal,
State Leaders to Take Action and Close the Door on America’s
Tobacco Epidemic [American Lung Association] |
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The
reoprt: State of Tobacco Control 2007 |
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Choose a state to view state grades, or view
National Grades to see how the federal government performed [American
Lung Association] |
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Jail
beckons for drug cheat Marion Jones |
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The long, slow decline of Marion Jones should
surely reach its nadir today when the former golden girl of athletics
faces being sent to prison for six months [Telegraph, UK] |
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United
Antidoping Program Is Formed |
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Several of the biggest, most powerful sports
organizations in the United States announced Thursday the formation
of a joint antidoping research program, financed with at least
$10 million, to find more effective, but less expensive methods
to detect and deter the use of performance-enhancing drugs in
sports [New York Times, USA] |
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Parties
Discuss Testing Policy |
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Days away from a scheduled congressional hearing
on steroids, top officials from Major League Baseball and its
union quietly opened discussions this week regarding recommendations
for a tougher drug-testing policy spelled out in last month's
Mitchell report on steroids use in baseball [Washington Post,
USA] |
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Outdated
misuse of drugs act criticised |
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New Zealand's outdated Misuse of the Drugs
Act was criticised when a Christchurch District Court judge opted
to send a cannabis offender to the High Court so that he could
be given an appropriate sentence [TV3, New Zealand] |
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Beyond
2008 Forum |
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A Global NGO Forum contributing to the 10 year Review of Achievement
following the 1998 United Nations General Assembly Special Session
(UNGASS) on Illicit Drugs [IDPC] |
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