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Young
people drive under influence of drugs |
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Almost one young driver in 10 has driven while
under the influence of illegal drugs, according to a survey published
today [Telegraph, UK] |
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For
more and more women, booze offers the only escape |
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As a recovering alcoholic, I know how our society's
constant assault on female self-esteem is creating unprecedented
misery [Comment - Guardian, UK] |
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Women
prisoners need life support |
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While the quality of mental health care and
drug and alcohol services in prison is beginning to improve,
few women are in prison long enough for them to make a real difference
and most would be better supported by such services in their
own communities [Guardian, UK] |
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Stella
Project Toolkit |
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Launch of the second edition of the Stella
Project Toolkit – Drugs, Alcohol and Domestic Violence:
Good Practice Guidelines. Contents
for PDF download [Stella Project, UK] |
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Inspiring
Scotland |
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Inspiring Scotland, an exciting new way of
using money and skills to improve the lives of Scotland's most
vulnerable people. Details [Inspiring
Scotland, UK] |
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Should
tax on alcohol go up to curb consumption? |
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Two opposing views [Scotsman, UK] |
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Manifesto
for Change calls for halt to government initiatives on risk |
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Red tape and bureaucracy is discouraging people
from volunteering, says a report by the Commission on the Future
of Volunteering [Community Care, UK] |
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Marijuana
vending machines in US |
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Vending machines distributing the drug marijuana
are to begin operating in the US state of California [BBC, UK] |
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His
needle plan has touched a nerve |
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Bill Day, who has AIDS, calls his needle-exchange
effort a "moral imperative." But law enforcement authorities
in San Antonio say what he's doing is illegal. He faces charges
of distributing drug paraphernalia [LA Times, USA] |
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Illicit
stimulant use especially prevalent in psychotic patients |
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Patients with psychotic disorders have a significantly
higher lifetime prevalence of any illicit substance use, especially
stimulants, compared with the general population, a study has
reaffirmed [Psychiatry Source, USA] |
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Morphine
dependency blocked by single genetic change |
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Morphine’s serious side effect as a pain
killer – its potential to create dependency – has
been almost completely eliminated in research with mice by genetically
modifying a single trait on the surface of neurons. The study
scientists think a drug can be developed to similarly block dependency
[University of California, San Francisco, USA] |
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Regular
marijuana use increases risk of hepatitis C-related liver damage |
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Patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection
should not use marijuana (cannabis) daily, according to a study
published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology [EurekAlert,
USA] |
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How
Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness |
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Disruptive young people who are medicated with
Ritalin, Adderall and other amphetamines routinely report that
these drugs make them "care less" about their boredom,
resentments and other negative emotions, thus making them more
compliant and manageable [AlterNet, USA] |
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Addicts
caught in homeless trap |
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A national shortage of drug and alcohol treatment
places needs Federal Government attention before homelessness
can be reduced, a Queensland expert has warned [Courier Mail,
Australia] |
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Comorbidity
Professional Development Scholarships |
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The Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health
Comorbidity Professional Development Scholarships Program is
being coordinated by NCETA on behalf of the Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing [NCETA, Australia] |
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Health
Professionals’ Attitudes Towards Licit and Illicit Drug
Users |
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A Training Resource. 2.88MB PDF [NCETA, Australia] |
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Boot
camps for teen crims in Nats' plan |
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Hard-core teenage criminals face army boot
camps with compulsory treatment for those with drug and alcohol
problems under National's youth justice policy [Press, New Zealand] |
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