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Provision
of Residential and Abstinent treatment |
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Petition by Peter McCann, on behalf of the
Castle Craig Hospital, calling on the Scottish Parliament to
urge the Scottish Government to increase the availability and
provision of residential and abstinent treatment for those who
are alcohol and/or drug dependent. Closing date for signatures
- 22 January 2008 [Scottish Parliament, UK] |
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DrugScope
response to Daily Telegraph front-page cannabis story |
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DrugScope sent a letter on Friday 11 January
to the Daily Telegraph in response to this story; as yet they
have declined to publish it. Our response is reproduced [DrugScope,
UK] |
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'They
are getting a bit of hope from my experience' |
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For most of his career, Dr David McCartney
has cared for patients who have alcohol and drug problems. What
few of them will have realised is how much he can empathise [The
Scotsman, UK] |
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Treat
The Addict Not The Addiction |
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Opinion on the article "To Give Or Not
To Give Heroin To Addicts" [Medical News Today, UK] |
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New
project to promote WRAP |
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A project to promote the use of Wellness Recovery
Action Planning (WRAP) in Scotland [Scottish Recovery Network,
UK] |
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Inquiry
into misuse / abuse of benzodiazapines and other pharmaceutical
drugs |
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Final Report into the Misuse and Abuse of Benzodiazapines
and Opioid Analgesics. 522-page PDF [Drugs and Crime Prevention
Committee, Parliament of Victoria, Australia] |
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Wellbeing,
Stress & Burnout |
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A National Survey of Managers in Alcohol and
Other Drug Treatment Services. 74-apge PDF [NCETA, Australia] |
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Talking
Point seminar series |
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February to June 2008. First seminar: Fighting
the drugs war: The role of prohibitionist groups in Australian
illicit drugs policy [Turning Point, Australia] |
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Stepping
up the fight against corruption |
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Countries which have signed or ratified the
United Nations Convention against Corruption will meet in Bali,
Indonesia, from 28 January to 1 February 2008 to review implementation
of the Convention and consider ways to boost international efforts
to prevent and fight corruption [UNODC] |
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