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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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Working
together to reduce harm |
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The Substance Misuse Strategy 2008 - 2018.
84-page PDF [Welsh Assembly Government] |
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£9.35m
to deliver substance misuse strategy |
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Community Safety Partnerships across Wales
will get an extra £9.35million over the next three years
from the Substance Misuse Action Fund as part of a package of
funding to help to deliver the new substance misuse strategy
Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, Dr Brian Gibbons,
has announced [Welsh Assembly Government] |
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RSA
responds to the UK Drugs Strategy, 2008 - 2018 |
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The most promising features lie in helping
users reintegrate into society, and making drugs a genuinely
shared responsibility across government [RSA, UK] |
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Prisons
with a purpose |
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A Green Paper on prison reform [Conservative
Party, UK] |
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BMA
response to the launch of the Conservative Party's consultation
on prison reform |
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The prison system desperately needs wide ranging
action to re-invigorate under-funded and disorganised rehabilitation
services that at present are not treating the six out of ten
prisoners who enter custody addicted to drugs or the seven out
of ten who have one or more mental health problems [BMA, UK] |
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Brown
clampdown on underage drinkers |
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The government is to implement a 'two strikes
and you're out' strategy to combat under-18s purchasing alcohol
from shopkeepers [ePolitix, UK] |
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Review
due of 24-hour licensing |
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A government review of the law which introduced
24-hour drinking to England and Wales is due to be published
later [BBC, UK] |
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24-hour
drinking fails to halt disorder |
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Antisocial behaviour still a problem, says
Home Office [Guardian, UK] |
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'Red
cards' for pubs to curb binge drinking |
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A yellow and red card system for pubs and clubs.
Those who break the terms of their licence will be given a warning
and told how to put matters right. If they commit a second offence
they will get a red card and have their licence revoked [Times,
UK] |
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Reassuringly
expensive no more |
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Figures from the World Health Organisation
showed that the typical Briton now consumes the equivalent of
9.3 litres of pure alcohol a year, more than the average Russian
[Guardian, UK] |
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Hair
triggers new drugs debate |
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Nursing Standard reports that the Nursing and
Midwifery Council (NMC) has introduced drug and alcohol tests
on hair follicles in fitness-to-practise cases where substance
dependency is thought to be involved [Times, UK] |
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Crackdowns
on London dealers did not undermine illegal drug markets |
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The largest ever police offensive against drug
dealers in London did not reduce street crime or availability
of crack - its prime target (2000 / 2001) [Drug
and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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'Detox
while you sleep' method did not improve lasting opiate abstinence
rate |
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Compared to a conventional inpatient programme,
the world's largest private provider of ultra-rapid opiate detoxification
improved completion rates, but after leaving fewer patients remained
abstinent (2000 / 2001) [Drug and Alcohol Findings,
UK] |
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Combining
intervention and assessment helps treatment drop-outs |
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Many patients who turn up for assessment fail
to return for treatment, so why not make sure they get some benefit
at least by integrating a brief intervention in to the assessment?
(2000 / 2001) [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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NHS
smoking ban 'flouted daily' |
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Smoking bans are routinely flouted in many
NHS hospitals, researchers say [BBC, UK] |
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New
drug BZP to be placed under control across the EU |
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Europe has responded today to concerns over
the use of the stimulant drug BZP by subjecting it to ‘control
measures and criminal provisions’ across the EU Member
States [EMCDDA] |
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Bill
Clinton admits 'regret' on crack cocaine sentencing |
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It was an expression of regret that didn't
seem to register with the knot of journalists who came to cover
the event — an apology that deserves more than fleeting
attention [USA Today] |
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Divided
Doses for Methadone Maintenance |
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Cue-induced craving and its associated neural
activation are heightened just prior to methadone dosing compared
with the same measures obtained just after methadone dosing [American
Journal of Psychiatry] |
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Alcohol
and other drug treatment services NMDS specifications 2008-09 |
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Data dictionary, collection guidelines and
validation processes. 196-page PDF [AIHW, Australia] |
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Sniffer
dog laws to be expanded in SA |
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South Australian police will be given powers
to take drug sniffer dogs into nightclubs and major sporting
[SMH, Australia] |
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New Harm
Reduction & Human Rights blog |
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The blog will be used to highlight work of
the HR2 team, as well as new developments in the areas of human
rights, harm reduction, drug policy and international human rights
law [HR2] |
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Guinea-Bissau:
Cocaine to Europe produces addicts locally |
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In the three years since this country became
a major trans-shipment point for drug traffickers bringing cocaine
from South America to Europe many locals have started consuming
the drug, according to various sources who talked with [IRIN] |
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Eradicating
a Plant: A United Nations Project |
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For some years now the United Nations has by international
agreement set out to eradicate not only to put a halt to the
so-called “drug” use of cannabis, but also to actually
eradicate the hemp plant from the planet – apart of course
from their own uses [UKCIA] |
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