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Reducing
the harm of drugs |
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Some have perceived a contradiction between
drug prevention and treatment on the one hand and efforts to
reduce the negative health and social consequences of drug use
on the other. However, in a new discussion paper,
UNODC says that these are in fact complementary rather than contradictory
[UNODC] |
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Allocation
of Pooled Drug Treatment Budget |
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This letter provides
information on the allocations for the Pooled Drug Treatment
Budget for 2008-2011 [DoH, UK] |
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The
year is 2022 and drugs are legal..... |
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What would a post-prohibition Britain look
like? Transform's
description of this vision written for the Druglink magazine
[TDPF, UK] |
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Druglink
bi-monthly magazine |
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The Jan/Feb issue can be accessed from this
page [DrugScope, UK] |
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Petition
the Prime Minister to Legalise cannabis use |
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A petition to the Prime Minister to Legalise
cannabis use and cultivation in the home,licence and regulate
Amsterdam style coffeeshops [10 Downing Street, UK] |
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Paddick
plan to beat drugs: take out dealers’ network |
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Mayor of London candidate Brian Paddick promised
tougher policies on drug dealers and knife crime if elected [Camden
New Journal, UK] |
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MP
hits out at charity 'sob-in' |
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Labour MP Paul Flynn has attacked housing charity
Shelter Cymru because he says it is ignoring the progress made
in tackling housing problems [BBC, UK] |
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Woes
R us |
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Hardcore pessimism [Paul Flynn MP, UK] |
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Shelter
announces organisational changes |
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Due to increasing staff salaries of more than £1million
a year, increasing competition to win Government contracts and
the worsening economic climate, the charity has been forced to
make changes which will mean up to five people from 827 employees
being made redundant [Shelter, UK] |
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Drug
addiction is a disease and even pharmacists sometimes need
support |
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The pharmacists’ health support programme
exists to provide a safe place that a pharmacist or close family
member can contact when they are worried about their own or someone
else’s relationship with alcohol or drugs and is run by
health professionals experienced in addiction [Pharmaceutical
Journal, UK] |
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Men
'drink far more than women' |
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Men are drinking twice as much alcohol as women,
figures for 2006 suggest [BBC, UK] |
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Men
drink twice as much alcohol as women |
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Smoking and drinking among adults 2006. 4-page
PDF [National Statistics, UK] |
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Britain's
changing drinking habits - ONS report adds weight to recent
trends |
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Today’s reports from ONS on alcohol confirm
trends around Britain’s falling consumption and improving
drinking behaviour [British Beer & Pub Association, UK] |
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The
teenage girls who drink too much |
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They are frequently drinking more than the
recommended weekly safe level of alcohol for adult women [BBC,
UK] |
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Diversionary
tactics for binge drinkers |
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The latest research on binge drinking among
young people, published today by Positive Futures, the government
social inclusion programme, is welcome because it focuses specifically
on young people in some of the country's most deprived areas,
where the impact of excessive drinking on health, crime and family
breakdown is most acute [Guardian, UK] |
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Support
for developing a new National Drugs Strategy for Ireland for
2009-16 sought |
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The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht
Affairs has invited proposals
from consultants to assist the Steering Group set up to examine
the progress made under the National Drugs Strategy 2001/08 and
to identify priorities for future action under a new Strategy
to cover the period 2009-2016. [National Documentation Centre,
Ireland] |
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UCSF
apologises for 'misleading' multidrug-resistant MRSA story |
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The original UCSF press release was picked
up by newspapers around the world, leading to some confusing
and homophobic headlines, some of which suggested that this strain
of MRSA was a ‘gay disease’ or a ‘new HIV’ [Aidsmap,
UK] |
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Geographic
Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions for Methamphetamine
/ Amphetamine and Marijuana: 2005 |
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Among the six primary substances of abuse that
dominate substance abuse treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), three (marijuana, methamphetamine/amphetamines,
and opiates other than heroin) increased between 1995 and 2005
and three decreased (alcohol, cocaine, and heroin) [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Good
Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America |
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The DEA Museum opens an interactive exhibit
that delves into the prescription drug abuse problem gripping
America today [Good Medicine, Bad Behavior, USA] |
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Mexico's
drug war heats up |
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What is happening is less a war than a sustained
federal intervention in states where for decades corrupt municipal
police officers and drug gangs have worked together in relative
peace, officials say [Seattle Times, USA] |
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Liquor
advice too severe: industry |
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Major alcohol industry players have condemned
new drinking guidelines as scientifically flawed, confusing and
destined to fail [The Age, Australia] |
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Poverty
feeds Afghan drugs trade |
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The opium poppy seedlings are already sprouting
in Helmand province and all the predictions point to another
record-breaking crop this year [BBC, UK] |
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Still
Wrong in Afghanistan |
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"I'm a spray man myself," President Bush told government
leaders and American counter-narcotics officials during his 2006
trip to Afghanistan ... Fortunately, Bush has not been able to
convince other nations or Karzai that aerial spraying should
be conducted, although he is vigorously supported by the American
ambassador, William Wood [Washington Post, USA] |
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