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Daily
Dose sponsorship details |
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WIRED is
appealing for sponsors whose support is absolutely essential
for the continued publication of Daily Dose [Editor] |
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Tories
plan alcopop taxes |
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Alcopop and other strong drinks will face higher
taxes, under plans from the Conservatives to curb the binge drinking
culture [Times, UK] |
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Britons
drink more heavily than Russians |
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Britons are heavier drinkers than the Russians,
according to official data from the World Health Organisation
[Times, UK] |
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Drug
Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland |
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This bulletin presents key findings from the
second drug prevalence survey of households in both Ireland and
Northern Ireland. 20-page PDF [NACD, Ireland] |
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Insite
on HDNet |
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Dan Rather reports on Vancouver's Insite program.
I had understood that Vancouver had serious problems with addiction
and high HIV rates. It helps me understand the impulse for a
radical response. However, in light of the severity of the problem,
their response is not radical - it's pathetic and constitutes
abandonment [Addiction and Recovery News, USA] |
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Insite – Supervised
Injection Site |
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Research Results [Vancouver Coastal Health,
Canada] |
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ONDCP
Fact Sheet: 2008 National Drug Control Strategy |
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Administration Releases Report Laying Out Methods
To Combat Drug Abuse In America, Highlighting Recent Progress
[ONDCP, USA] |
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2008
National Drug Control Policy |
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By addressing the epidemiology of drug use
and the economics of drug markets, the National Drug Control
Strategy has produced measurable results for the American people.
79-page PDF [White House, USA] |
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Bush:
Stop Online Drug Sales |
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President Bush on Saturday urged Congress to
pass legislation aimed at ending illegal sales of highly addictive
prescription drugs on the Internet, citing a growing number of
fatal overdoses [SF Gate, USA] |
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Jamaica
Explores Legalizing Marijuana |
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Jamaica is considering the legalization of
marijuana, a drug revered by members of the island's large Rastafarian
population who say smoking it is part of their religion [SF Gate,
USA] |
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Game
of Chicken in the Andes |
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After much haggling, the House and the Senate
have extended preferential trade benefits to Colombia, Peru,
Ecuador and Bolivia, a crucial part of the United States strategy
to fight the illegal drug trade at its source in the Andes [New
York Times, USA] |
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A
Look at Major Drug-Producing Countries |
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Countries the Bush administration identified as major drug
producers or hubs for drug transit [Washington Post, USA] |
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WHO
Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 - The MPOWER package |
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Download the sections [WHO] |
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