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Daily Dose attracted 200,000 hits last
week |
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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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UNODC
Annual Report |
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Covering activities in 2007. 58-page PDF [UNODC] |
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UNODC
launches its Annual Report 2008 |
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The year 2008 was marked by two major developments:
record levels of opium poppy production in Afghanistan and the
emergence of West Africa as a transshipment point for cocaine
traffickers bound for Europe. These disturbing trends are covered
in the UNODC Annual Report 2008 [UNODC] |
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UNODC
says world drug problem contained, but not solved |
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Addressing the 51 st session of the United
Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Executive Director
of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria
Costa, has called for the international drug control regime to
be made "fit for purpose for the 21 st century" [UNODC] |
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The
next ten year UN drug strategy could be the last under absolute
prohibition |
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Steve Rolles, speaking from the CND in Vienna,
said: “We are witnessing a crumbling in the consensus behind
a dogmatic prohibitionist approach to drug control. The dramatic
failures of global drug prohibition over the last ten years,
during which time the problems associated with drug misuse and
illicit production have worsened dramatically, demonstrate that
the current punitive enforcement led approach to drug control
cannot continue for another ten years" [TDPF, UK] |
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UNODC
chief calls for end to the death penalty for drug offences
and a greater focus on human rights |
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Mr. Costa said: Although drugs kill, I don't
believe we need to kill because of drugs [IHRA] |
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Prisons,
probation and the press under examination |
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Jack Straw has given a speech to the Guardian
Criminal Justice Summit on prisons, probation and the press ...
following a tenfold increase in funding there are now record
numbers receiving drug treatment in prison, with drug misuse
down 64%. 3,500 offenders enter drug treatment every month which
has contributed to a 20% fall in acquisitive crime over the past
five years [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Government
defeated on prostitution drug rehab amendments |
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Planned amendments to the Criminal Justice
and Immigration Bill that would have introduced a programme of ‘compulsory
rehab’ for street prostitutes have been dropped in order
to get the bill passed quickly [TDPF, UK] |
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European
Society for Social Drug Research Summer School |
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In Summer 2008, the European Society for Social
Drug research (ESSD), in close collaboration with the Pompidoi
Group of the Council of Europe, will organise an intensive training
course on qualitative research on drug for young researchers
[Home Office, UK] |
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Harm-reduction
advocates outraged at UN call to shut Insite |
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Supporters of Canada's harm-reduction approach
to drug addiction are livid that a United Nations monitoring
body wants Ottawa to slam the door shut on Vancouver's safe-injection
site -- and put an end to distribution of "safe" crack
kits to addicts [The Province, Canada] |
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Dangerous
diversions: Specter of prescription drug abuse creates tough
balancing act for doctors |
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Questioning patients about past addictive disorders
can alert physicians to the need for care when prescribing medication
with the potential for misuse [American Medical News] |
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Outrageous
Anti-Pot Lies: Media Uses Disgraceful Cancer Scare Tactics |
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Headlines suggested a study proved pot is a
greater cancer risk than tobacco - but the media didn't even
wait for the report to be released [AlterNet, USA] |
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Global
Cooperation Key to Progress Made Against Meth in United States |
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Scott Burns, Deputy Director of U.S. National
Drug Control Policy, today heralded international cooperation
in the effort to reduce methamphetamine production, trafficking,
and use [ONDCP, USA] |
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Vatican
Updates Its Thou-Shalt-Not List |
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In olden days, the deadly sins included lust,
gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution,
mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated
thou-shalt-not list [SF Gate, USA] |
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The
prison industry in the United States |
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Big business or a new form of slavery? [Global
Researcher, Canada] |
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Rudd
targets booze 'epidemic' |
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Sporting clubs could lose government funding
if they don't co-operate with a plan by Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd to counter what he calls an epidemic of binge drinking among
young Australians [The Age, Australia] |
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