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Worsening
drug toll prompts huge study |
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The biggest study of heroin and cocaine abuse
in years has been launched amid new indications that Scotland's
drugs crisis is now worse than ever [Scotsman, UK] |
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What
worked for us |
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Letter from Mary Johnson children’s services
manager at the NSPCC on the Families and Substance Support Team
(FaSST) in Liverpool, which helps women and children at risk
from substance misuse [Times, UK] |
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Employers
often spot staff drink problems |
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With a staggering one-in-13 people in Wales
now showing signs of alcohol misuse, the problem is becoming
increasingly widespread [Canna Zine, UK] |
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Six
Thousand Pints Of Alcohol Seizied From Under-18s |
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Police from 21 forces across the country seized
over 3,700 litres of beer, wine, cider, alcopops and spirits
from youths aged under 18 during an autumn crackdown on drinking
in public places [Home Office, UK] |
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Boozy
Betty serves up lessons on drink risks |
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She is the hard-drinking, hard-living poster
girl around campus. But with weight problems, poor grades and
a raft of sexually transmitted diseases, Boozy Betty is hardly
a good role model [Edinburgh Evening News, Uk] |
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Mentor
UK CHAMP Awards 2008 |
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With one in ten 10 – 11 year olds and
one in five 12 – 13 year olds having had a drink in the
last week, there has never been a better time to acknowledge
and reward prevention projects working with young people [Mentor,
UK] |
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Ministers
back plans for tobacco licences |
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Ministers have given their backing to plans
to license shops which sell tobacco in an attempt to tackle under-age
smoking and drive rogue traders out of business [The Herald,
UK] |
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Fearmongering
over "Enhanced Ecstasy" |
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Last week, the White House Office of National
Drug Control Policy reported that from 2003-2006, more than half
the ecstasy tablets seized at the Candian border while in in
transit to the United States contained methamphetamine [DPA,
USA] |
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Alcohol
and cannabis use in schizophrenia explored |
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Alcohol use is linked to positive symptoms
among first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum patients, potentially
due to self medication, while cannabis use correlates with reduced
negative symptoms, which may be due to the minimize drug-seeking
behaviors, suggest US scientists [Psychiatry Source, USA] |
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African
Americans Complete Alcohol Treatment at Lower Rates than Whites |
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Alcohol-related health problems are two to
five times as prevalent among ethnic and racial minorities as
they are among whites, despite similar lifetime prevalences of
frequent problem drinking [RAND, USA] |
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Web-based
self-help for problem drinkers: a pragmatic randomized trial |
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The intervention showed itself to be effective
in reducing problem drinking in the community [Abstract - Addiction] |
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Of
Substance magazine |
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January 2008 issue covering the latest Australian
news and research on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs [Of Substance,
Australia] |
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Comorbidity
Professional Development Scholarships |
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Scholarships are available for existing, not-for-profit,
incorporated, non-government owned organisations and/or their
staff whose role substantially involves providing services to
clients with AOD- or MH-related issues [NCETA, Australia] |
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Sexy
booze ads 'flouting standards' |
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Drug abuse experts are calling for a clampdown
on alcohol advertising, claiming the industry has failed to improve
its standards despite a study saying rules forbidding overt sexual
innuendos were being flouted [The Australian] |
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