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More
losers than winners |
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The National Treatment Agency have announced
that the drug treatment budget for 2008/2009 will stay at 2007/2008
level of £398 million, with no increase in line with inflation.
We believe that this lack of any inflationary 'uplift' is of
real concern [Addaction, UK] |
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Cannabis
clinic to treat 12-year-olds |
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Children as young as 12 are to be offered treatment
for cannabis-related mental health problems at a leading clinic
[Telegraph, UK] |
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Cannabis
abuse rates 'soaring' |
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The number of adults seeking medical help for
cannabis addiction has risen by 50% since Labour downgraded the
drug, health authority figures show [BBC, UK] |
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Submission
to ACMD review of Cannabis |
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It is important that children and young people
get clear and consistent messages about drugs, both legal and
illegal [Drug Education Forum, UK] |
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Doctors
say no to dope |
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Medicine not morality turned the tide against
cannabis [Times, UK] |
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Cannabis
class |
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It was an independent inquiry that recommended
reclassifying cannabis [Letter - Times, UK] |
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Alcohol
Abuse Outstrips Cannabis 16-1 under Brown's Government |
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The government is using the cannabis issue
as a smoke-screen, which its using to hide the fact it has created
a dangerous situation regarding a stratospheric rise in the numbers
of young people being hospitalised by alcohol abuse [PR.CannaZine,
UK] |
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Medi-cannabis
- epetition reply |
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Read the Government's response [10 Downing
Street, UK] |
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Population
in Custody |
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Increases were seen in drug offences. 13-page
PDF [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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My
involvement in the drug tender process |
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The drug contract for the Wakefield area was
up for grabs and as part of Wakefield Turning Point’s bid,
they decided (in their infinite wisdom) that this time they’d
go and find out exactly what it is that the folk that accessed
the services wanted [Turning Point, UK] |
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You're
in for a big surprise |
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Family en suite rooms, a 24-hour drinking licence
and imaginative, locally sourced food - a new hostel in the National
Forest is the latest to break the YHA mould [Guardian, UK] |
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'Drugnet
Ireland 24' |
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Newsletter (32-page PDF) of the [Alcohol and
Drug Research Unit, Ireland] |
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Less
craic and more crackdown as Ireland takes a sober look at drinking |
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While alcohol and the Irish may seem to have
been good for one another the Government has just suggested that
it thinks otherwise, beginning an urgent investigation into growing
binge-drinking culture [Times, UK] |
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Inquest
figures show deadly toll taken by drugs |
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Latest figures show 561 inquests heard at Dublin
City Coroner's Court in 2007 [Independent, Ireland] |
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Drug
prohibition doesn’t work |
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A raid at L.A. Trade Tech is the latest proof.
Malakkar Vohryzek, administrative associate, Drug Policy Alliance
[LA Times, USA] |
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Marion
Jones Sentenced to Six Months in Prison |
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The former track star Marion Jones’s
tearful courtroom plea to avoid jail was denied Friday by a federal
judge who said her sentence should serve as a deterrent for others
who may lie to federal agents [New York Times, USA] |
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Setbacks
plague drug addiction remedy |
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Prometa pilot program loses funding amid questions
over effectiveness [MSNBC, USA] |
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A
Drug to End Drug Addiction |
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Within "one to 10 years, and closer to
one year," says Dr. Frank Vocci, director of treatment research
and development at the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA),
scientists may produce a vaccine against cocaine [TIME, USA] |
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Man
in anti-smoking ads still smokes |
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He's the poster boy for the state's new anti-smoking
campaign. But 48-year-old Skip Legault is still smoking — despite
an amputated leg, two heart attacks and a stroke [Yahoo] |
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Police
launch crack down on 'druggies' |
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Southern Queensland residents are being urged
to join police in a week-long campaign to crack down on drug-related
offences [The Age, Australia] |
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Interview
with the Colombian Vice-President |
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Shared Responsibility: Seeking joint solutions
to the cocaine problem [UNODC] |
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