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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
- Tuesday 22 January 2008 [Scottish Parliament, UK] |
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Drug
addicts get cold turkey compensation |
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Thousands of pounds is being paid out in compensation
to drug addict prisoners being forced to go cold turkey in Welsh
jails, a Wales on Sunday investigation has revealed [icWales,
UK] |
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Public
Attitudes Towards HIV Survey |
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31 per cent of people did not state that sharing
a syringe when injecting drugs carries a risk of HIV [NAT, UK] |
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Action
on Alcohol and Drugs in Edinburgh - Newsletter |
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Including Update on funding issues 2008 [AADE,
UK] |
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Action
on Alcohol and Drugs in Edinburgh - Annual report |
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18-page PDF [AADE, UK] |
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Young
drivers warned as drink driving comes to an end |
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The annual campaign, run by the Association
of Chief Police Officers in partnership with the Department of
Transport, continued to show that people involved in collisions
are more likely to fail a breath test [Association of Chief Police
officers, UK] |
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Random
breath tests planned for motorists |
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Motorists face being subjected to random breath-testing
as part of the biggest shake-up of drink-drive laws since the
introduction of the breathalyser 40 years ago [Telegraph, UK] |
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10%
of UK children are suffering from Mental Health problems |
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Professor Goodman who masterminded the recent
Department of Health surveys that produced these dramatic figures
says understandably that we should be appalled by them "If
it had been diabetes, it would have been a national scandal.” [Institute
of Psychiatry, UK] |
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France
fears binge drinking bug has arrived |
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French doctors have raised fears about the
growing problem of alcohol abuse among children [Telegraph, UK] |
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Marc
Emery agrees to five years in Canadian prison |
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Marc Emery, Vancouver's self-styled Prince
of Pot, has tentatively agreed to a five-year prison term in
a plea bargain over U.S. money laundering and marijuana seed-selling
charges [Vancouver Sun, Canada] |
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The
Wire V. the Baltimore Sun: Which Covers Addiction Better? |
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A newspaper exposes the damage from buprenorphine.
But did it end up hurting addicts and misleading readers by misrepresenting
the case for addiction medication and harm reduction? [Huffington
Post, USA] |
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Tough
but Smart on Drugs |
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The idea is to bring multiple forces to bear,
not just cops and courts [New York Times, USA] |
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An
addict copes with her role in the death of her baby |
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Sherri Lohnstein spoke of guilt, addiction,
love, abortion and forgiveness in her first interview since she
was convicted of drinking so much that her baby daughter died
[STL Today, USA] |
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Calls
to rein in alcohol abuse and violence |
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Readers' survey reinforces demands for stronger
measures to rein in the alcohol abuse and associated violence
damaging our community [Herald Sun, Australia] |
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In
pursuit of Afghanistan's poppy crackdown |
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From Our Own Correspondent [BBC, UK] |
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2007
Active Year for Narcotics Division |
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Assistant Commissioner of Police, Carlton Wilson, who heads
the Narcotics Division, has said that 2007 was an active year
in terms of drug seizures [Government of Jamaica] |
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