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| Archived Daily News - 16th
March 2008 |
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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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The
big issue: cocaine |
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Letters [Observer, UK] |
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Jail
'not the solution' to drug crime |
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Convicted drug users should not be sent to
prison because it does more harm than good, a report from the
influential UK Drug Policy Commission will say tomorrow [Observer,
UK] |
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Addiction
hits 30 doctors a year |
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A leading support group for the medical profession
has revealed the extent of the problem of addiction among the
country's doctors [Scotland on Sunday, UK] |
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Valium
nation |
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An investigation by the Sunday Herald has revealed
a shocking picture of the scale of use of powerful tranquillisers
known as benzodiazepines [Sunday Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Asda
chief slams alcohol tax rise |
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Bond described the price rises, which will
see duty rates on alcohol rise by 6 per cent above the rate of
inflation, as a "blunt instrument" that will hurt hard-working
families [Observer, UK] |
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Controversy
as SNP consult Souter on drugs |
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Bus tycoon Brian Souter's charity was granted
a private meeting with an SNP minister on the new administration's "pro-abstinence" strategy
[Sunday Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Drug
Tests as a Window on Workers |
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The Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index is
hardly a portrait of the general population. Rather, it includes
a better-behaving subset: those who are applying for jobs at
places that test for drugs or who hold jobs where they know they
may be tested randomly. That said, the index offers up some interesting
nuggets [New York Times, USA] |
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Afghan
brown heroin hits Sydney streets |
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The director of Sydney's Medically Supervised
Injecting Centre Dr Ingrid van Beek said some use of brown heroin
had been seen at the centre sporadically over the past nine months
[SMH, Australia] |
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Needle
exchange not on in new jail |
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Inmates at Canberra's new jail will be given
bleach to wash their syringes but there will be no needle exchange
for drug users [Canberra Times, Australia] |
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