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Daily
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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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Report
of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2007 |
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Chapters for download or whole report as 3.5MB
PDF [INCB] |
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INCB
Annual Report press release |
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Including regional highlights [INCB] |
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Response
to the 2007 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control
Board |
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Taken as a whole, the 2007 Annual Report shows
some signs of a more balanced approach by the INCB to the real
policy dilemmas that governments face in designing and implementing
their drug control policies. While this is welcome, the method
of operation of the Board, and its approach to these issues,
still fall a long way short of what is necessary for it to play
a positive and objective role in helping governments to find
the right balance between their drug control obligations, and
wider policy objectives related to social development, public
health, and human rights protections. 8-page PDF [IDPC] |
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UN
drug experts must condemn human rights abuses |
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In its consideration of the proportionality
principle, however, the INCB makes no specific reference to specific
countries where infringements or limitations of human rights
are currently taking place. DrugScope and the IDPC are disappointed
by these key omissions from the INCB’s discussion of proportionality
[DrugScope, UK] |
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INCB
annual report: even by their standards, this one's a shocker |
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The INCB has been on the receiving end of sustained
NGO criticism for its secrecy, politicisation, and its overzealous
approach to some policy areas outside of its remit, whilst ignoring
key issues that are very much within its remit [TDPF, UK] |
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TNI
launches new website on the 10-year review of UNGASS |
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Starting in March 2008 the international community
will evaluate the implementation of the political declaration
and action plans of the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS)
on Drugs in 1998. A year long ‘period of global reflection’ will
lead up to a Ministerial Segment at the CND in March 2009 [Trans
National Institute] |
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Drug
cartels running rampant, says UN |
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According to the 127-page annual report from
the UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), governments
need to make greater efforts to freeze traffickers' assets, improve
access to drug treatment programmes and expand the range of non-custodial
sentences available for convicted users [Guardian, UK] |
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Warning
over celebrity drug use |
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Dealing too leniently with celebrities who
use drugs sends out the wrong message to young people, the United
Nations drugs watchdog has said [BBC, UK] |
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Afghan
opium is fuelling drugs emergency in region, warns UN |
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The UN International Narcotics Control Board
says the rise in Afghanistan's opium cultivation is "alarming" and
that its effects - including an increase in organised crime,
corruption and the incidence of drug use - are spilling over
into Iran, Pakistan and the central Asian republics [FT, UK] |
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Evaluation
of the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 |
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Written ministerial statement by Andy Burnham
on the Evaluation of the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 [DCMS,
UK] |
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The
impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime and disorder:
an evaluation |
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Whilst some indicators point in different
directions, the overall conclusion to be drawn from the evaluation
is that in their first year the changes introduced by the 2003
Licensing Act had only small effects on the opening hours of
most pubs and clubs, on levels of alcohol consumption and on
alcohol-related problems of crime and disorder [Home Office,
UK] |
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Early
experiences of the Licensing Act 2003 in the East of England
and Yorkshire and the Humber regions |
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The regional studies of experiences in the
East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber in the first six
months following implementation of the Licensing Act suggest
a limited impact from the change [Home Office, UK] |
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Is
binge drinking getting worse? |
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This is, frankly, a statistical minefield.
It doesn't help that in the words of the British Medical Association
there is "no consensus on the definition" of binge
drinking [Guardian, UK] |
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Tackle
alcohol licensing to help end Binge Drinking Britain |
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In the last two decades, the marketing industry
has become more sophisticated, more dynamic and more targeted
in aiming products, especially alcohol, at the younger generation
[Local Government Association, UK] |
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Saturday
nights and Sunday mornings |
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The frontline in Warrington [Guardian, UK] |
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Sale
of cheap alcohol could be banned |
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The sale of cut-price alcohol in supermarkets
could be banned under plans being drawn up by ministers [Telegraph,
UK] |
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We
need a cultural shift to change the way we drink |
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The main problem with alcohol is not its availability
but public attitudes towards the amounts that need to be consumed
[Independent, UK] |
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US
Seeks Symbolic Drug War Victory |
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Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera is already
serving a 60-year prison sentence. Convicted in a hostage-taking
conspiracy, he has no chance of parole and is likely to die in
prison. But U.S. prosecutors are about to begin a monthlong trial,
which could cost more than $1 million, seeking to prove that
Palmera and his guerrilla allies are drug traffickers [SF Gate,
USA] |
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President
Bush: "America Will Continue To Stand With Colombia" |
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This morning I spoke to President Uribe of
Colombia. He updated me on the situation in his country, including
the continuing assault by narco-terrorists, as well as the provocative
maneuvers by the regime in Venezuela [Pushing Back, ONDCP, USA] |
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Opium
Wars |
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Afghanistan's narcotics trade is back with
a vengeance. Washington's latest antidrug plan is unlikely to
curb it [Ariana, Afghanistan] |
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