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Scots
disco to breathalyse kids aged 13 |
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Strathclyde Police has joined forces with Royal
Navy and Ministry of Defence police to start the scheme in Helensburgh
[Evening Times, UK] |
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Local
Area Agreements Briefing |
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The briefing paper attached shows how Local
Area Agreements (LAAs) present a new opportunity to prioritise
action on alcohol at local level [Alcohol Concern, UK] |
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Valleys
face the hangover of a rising booze problem |
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The number of people being treated for alcohol
misuse in the South Wales Valleys has risen by more than 40 per
cent in the past year, according to new figures released this
month [icWales, UK] |
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Recreational
drug use does not adversely affect CD4 cell counts |
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Use of the recreational drugs, cannabis, cocaine,
poppers, or amphetamines, does not adversely affect the number
or percentage of CD4 or CD8 cells in either HIV-positive or HIV-negative
gay men [Aidsmap, UK] |
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Criminal
Justice Social Work Statistics |
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Including Drug Treatment and Testing Orders
[Scottish Government, UK] |
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New
consultation looks to improve services for young people |
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Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes today
launched a “call for evidence” to gather information,
advice and views on the current youth sector support arrangements
[DCSF, UK] |
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Clinics
seeing only the tip of the iceberg |
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People of all ages and social backgrounds in
Ulster are using cocaine, according to key community workers
and health professionals [Belfast Telegraph, UK] |
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My
week |
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A week in the life of the manager of one of
Turning Point’s residential services feels that dialogue
is the key [Turning Point, UK] |
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Democracy,
Cities & Drugs 3rd Conference |
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Read the presentations from the 3rd conference
on local, integrated & participative responses to the issue
of drugs use [Democracy, Cities & Drugs, Europe] |
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DC&D
- Antwerp seminar on cocaine uses |
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Dutch and English PDFs from the October seminar
[Democracy, Cities & Drugs, Europe] |
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Antidepressant
Studies Unpublished |
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The makers of antidepressants like Prozac and
Paxil never published the results of about a third of the drug
trials that they conducted to win government approval, misleading
doctors and consumers about the drugs’ true effectiveness,
a new analysis has found [New York Times, USA] |
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ADD
Drugs Soar in MLB |
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In 2006, there were 35 so-called ''Therapeutic
Use Exemptions'' for drugs, of which 28 were for Attention Deficit
Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [New York
Times, USA] |
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Intergovernmental
Committee on Drugs National Drug Strategic Framework 2005-06
Annual Report |
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This is the seventh annual report on Australian,
State and Territory Governments’ progress under the National
Drug Strategy 2004-2009. 112-page PDF [National Drug Strategy,
Australia] |
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Opium
fields spread across Iraq as farmers try to make ends meet |
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The cultivation of opium poppies whose product
is turned into heroin is spreading rapidly across Iraq as farmers
find they can no longer make a living through growing traditional
crops [Telegraph, UK] |
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US
says it has broad support for new Afghan anti-poppy drive |
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The United States says it has garnered broad
support for Afghans to mount a new drive next month to wipe out
major opium poppy fields and deprive a resurgent Taliban of a
key source of funds [AFP] |
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