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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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Paul
Hayes' response to Druglink article |
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Read Paul Hayes' response to Mike Ashton's
article "The new abstentionists". This response is
in the current issue of Druglink Magazine.
1-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
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Commission
on Narcotic Drugs considers future of drug control |
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The 51st session of the annual Commission on
Narcotic Drugs (CND) wrapped up today. Reviewing ten years of
progress since the United Nations General Assembly committed
itself to "achieving significant and measurable results
in the field of demand reduction", the Commission noted
progress in some key areas but found that much still needs to
be done [UNODC] |
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Commission
on Narcotic Drugs |
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I believe the NGO community is working more
closely with national governments and with UNODC. More than that,
the partnerships forged between NGOs who often have very different
ideological positions to work on Beyond 2008 are inspiring and
offer hope that we can work together on what we agree on - preventing
and dealing with drug-related harms, even though we will always
disagree in some areas about how to achieve that [Eric Carlin's
Blog, Mentor, UK] |
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60,000
new doctors will target problem drinkers |
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Sixty thousand new doctors will be specifically
trained in the next ten years to identify and treat people who
are drinking too much, Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo
will announce today [MHF, UK] |
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Court
Appointed Drug Education Research Report |
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This episode focuses on recent research findings
into the effectiveness of court appointed drug education in Ireland
[Drugs.ie podcasts, Ireland] |
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Parliament
debates ammendment to the drugs law |
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Although drug abuse is a criminal offense in
the Czech Republic, the existing legislation does not distinguish
between hard and soft drugs, merely drawing a line between what
it calls “a small amount of drugs” and “anything
over that amount” [Radio Prague] |
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Drug
prevention and information |
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Call for Proposals JLS/DPIP/2008 Operating
Grants intended to co-finance the functioning of non-governmental
organisations. The deadline for submission of applications is
27 March 2008 [Europa] |
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In
Alabama, a Crackdown on Pregnant Drug Users |
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Two worlds are colliding in this piney woods
backcountry in southern Alabama: casual drug use and a local
district attorney unsettled that children or fetuses might be
affected by it [New York Times, USA] |
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The
NSDUH Report: Inhalant Use across the Adolescent Years |
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Combined data from SAMHSA's 2002 to 2006 National
Surveys on Drug Use & Health found an annual average of 593,000
youths aged 12 to 17 used an inhalant for the first time in the
12 months prior to their survey interview [SAMHSA, USA] |
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The
DASIS Report: Adolescent Admissions Reporting Inhalants, 2006 |
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Based on SAMHSA's Treatment Episode Data Set
(TEDS), adolescents aged 12 to 17 accounted for 8% of admissions
to substance abuse treatment in 2006; however, they represent
48% of all admissions reporting inhalants [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Former
SC treasurer sentenced to 10 months in prison in drug case |
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A former South Carolina treasurer and millionaire
developer convicted in a cocaine case won a reduced sentence
of 10 months in prison on Friday in part for his insight about
the drug scene in Charleston [IHT, France] |
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AMA
Supports Growing Momentum to End Alcohol Abuse Among Australians |
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AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said
today that the AMA is encouraged by the growing momentum by the
Government to end alcohol abuse in all areas of the Australian
community [Australian Medical Association] |
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Alcohol
empire strikes back |
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Alcopops are flying off the bar but binge drinking
by young people has put the alcohol industry under new scrutiny.
They are well prepared for the fight to come [SMH, Australia] |
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New
drugs to beat pill ban |
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A new generation of party pills much stronger
than those soon to be banned is being developed to get around
the new law [Stuff.co, new Zealand] |
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Poverty
not biggest factor driving Afghan drug crop |
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Afghan poppy farmers are some of the richest
in the country, so poverty is not a big factor driving drug production
in Afghanistan which last year produced 93 percent of the world's
opium, a United Nations report said [Washington Post, USA] |
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Doi
Tung: Thinking outside the box |
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Weaning poor farmers off opium poppy cultivation
in the former Golden Triangle of South-East Asia requires sustainable
alternative livelihoods. Without meaningful employment, the farmers
will inevitably fall back on the lucrative cash crop they know
so well. The innovative Doi Tung project in Thailand has significantly
improved farmers' standard of living over the past 20 years so
that the 11,000 people involved in the project have now become
self-sufficient [UNODC] |
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China
leads charge against human rights resolution |
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"Discussion of political issues such as
human rights are inappropriate at CND” [HR2, IHRA] |
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Human
Rights in the Drug War |
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NGOs Slam UN Drug Bureaucracies, Demand Compliance With UN
Charter [Stop the Drug War, USA] |
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