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14
Days |
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Publication of Daily Dose will be suspended
at the end of March pending adequate funding - details
here |
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New
Drug Strategy Guide - Hot Off The Press
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Its out - the LDPF Interim Update to the Guide
to the National Drug Strategy. Produced by the LDPF and supported
by the RSA [Sara McGrail, UK] |
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Reducing
Drug Use, Reducing Reoffending |
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Are programmes for problem drug using offenders
in the UK supported by the evidence? Summary - Full
Report [UKDPC] |
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BMA
calls on ministers to take urgent action on prison drug crisis |
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Prison doctors’ leaders urge the Government
to do more to tackle the drug crisis in English and Welsh prisons
following a new report from the UK Drug Policy Commission [BMA,
UK] |
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Extra
funding for prison drug treatment announced |
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The Ministry of Justice and the Department
of Health have today announced significant extra funding to raise
the standard of clinical drug treatment in prisons [Ministry
of Justice, UK] |
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Methadone:
a necessary evil |
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Methadone, the drug that killed a two year-old-boy
in Birmingham and left his brother severely ill, is a highly
addictive and dangerous poison. So why is it routinely prescribed
to thousands of heroin addicts across the country? [BBC, UK] |
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Methadone:
'Too many use it as part of their drugs routine' |
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The Conservative's Holyrood justice spokesman
Bill Aitken is no stranger to controversy and his plain-spoken
attack on the methadone programme has re-ignited the debate about
how best to tackle Scotland's appalling epidemic of drug addiction
[Scotsman, UK] |
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A
message that's hard to swallow |
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The alcohol industry's argument - that problem
drinking has nothing to do with advertising - is falling on deaf
ears [Guardian, UK] |
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Scottish
Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey 2008
and 2010 |
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Invitation to Express Interest [DMIS, UK] |
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Mental
health services need radical changes to make recovery a reality |
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Mental health services need to offer people
more opportunities to get their lives back and focus less on
medication and symptom control, according to a policy paper published
today by the [Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, UK] |
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ADASS
Business Plan 2008 |
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Achievements in 2007 - Aims and Objectives
2008 - Key Activities for 2008. A 6-page PDF [ADASS, UK] |
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Vulnerable
suffer as charities try to survive |
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Your article on charities closing focused on
those with drug issues and the homeless (March 17). But all are
under threat, including those that support people with mental
illness [Letters, Herald, UK] |
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Charities
Act 2006 third commencement order |
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Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector said: ‘These
changes will give charities more flexibility to tackle the pressing
social and environmental issues of the day [Cabinet Office, UK] |
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Exploring
the Impact of Parental Drug/Alcohol Problems on Children and
Parents in a Midlands County in 2005/06 |
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This paper reports on a small-scale research
project which used semi-structured interviews and a ‘Draw
and Write’ technique to explore the views of parents/carers
and children and young people about the impact of parental substance
use and implications for services [Abstract, British Journal
of Social Work] |
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EU
drugs agency reports emerging trend in use of GBL |
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Concerns are increasing in the EU about the
use of chemicals employed in the manufacture of the recreational
drug GHB. The statement comes in a new 32-page PDF report GHB
and its precursor GBL: an emerging trend case study, published
today by the EU drugs agency [EMCDDA] |
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Government
of Canada Moves to Bolster Drug Enforcement Efforts |
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The Minister of Public Safety, today took another
step toward strengthening the RCMP’s drug enforcement and
Proceeds of Crime Teams and their ability to detect, investigate,
disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations involved in the
production and distribution of illicit drugs [Canadian News Centre] |
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Prescription
Addiction Radio Show Airs Califano Interview |
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The Medicine Cabinet Has Become More Dangerous
than the Street Dealer [PRWeb, USA] |
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Pregnant
Women, Drugs and the New York Times: Think of the Children! |
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This fear-inducing, often brain-numbing perspective
has been used to foist all kinds of "common sense" policies
on Americans that sound good from the mouths of politicians and
activists -- but result in more harm than they prevent [Maia
Szalavitz, Huffington Post, USA] |
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Latin
American Drugs I: Losing the Fight |
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Crisis Group’s detailed study is divided
into two complementary reports published simultaneously. This
report principally examines the scope of the problem, including
a detailed examination of cultivation and trafficking. 42-page
PDF [International Crisis Group] |
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Latin
American Drugs II: Improving Policy and Reducing Harm |
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This report analyses policies and their political
and social ramifications and presents policy recommendations.
52-page PDF [International Crisis Group] |
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The
Brave New World of the Mental Health & Drugs Division |
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Presentation (Powerpoint) by Gill Calllister
(Executive Director of the Department of Human Services' Mental
Health and Drugs Division) at the March 08 [VAADA, Australia] |
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Alcohol
empire strikes back |
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The alcohol industry is now facing a concerted
attack on its right to advertise what it likes, where and when
[SMH, Australia] |
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Australia's
School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project shows promise |
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The SHAHRP intervention adopts a harm minimisation
approach and has proven successful in providing young people
with sufficient practical skills to identify and deal with the
risks associated with alcohol use [Alcohol Policy UK] |
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"Yet
Again, Sir, You Do Not Answer My Question" |
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Frederick Polak, who questions Antonio Maria
Costa, the executive director of the United Nations Office of
Drugs and Crime. Polak speaks in a way that is simple, clear
and civilized - but also quite persistent, refusing to accept
Costa's non-answer and pushing for a meaningful response to a
basic empirical question [Drug Law Blog] |
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Afghan
urges "name and shame" war on graft, drugs |
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Afghanistan is ready to launch a "name
and shame" campaign against high-level corruption and drug
trafficking if it gets international backing, a senior minister
and ally of President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday [Ariana, Afghanistan] |
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Drug
Intoxicated Irregular Fighters: Complications, Dangers, and
Responses |
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The presence of drugged fighters is not unknown in the history
of warfare. Yet widespread drug use on the battlefield is now
part of protracted conflicts largely fought by nonprofessional
combatants that take place in an international system characterized
by the process of globalization [Strategic Studies Institute,
USA] |
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