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| Archived Daily News - 22nd March
2008 |
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Publication of Daily Dose will be suspended at
the end of March until adequate funding can be found - Full
details here |
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Drinking
age may be raised to 21 |
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Public health minister Shona Robison has been
reported as saying that lifting the legal age to buy drink from
18 to 21 would be a "robust" response to the country's
binge drinking culture [Evening Times, Scotland, UK] |
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Women
drinkers 'face cancer risk' |
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Women who drink above the government's recommended
limit are 50% more likely to develop breast cancer, the Department
of Health has said [BBC, UK] |
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Women
targeted in drink campaign |
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Middle-aged women will be targeted in a hard-hitting
anti-alcohol campaign after research found that just one large
glass of wine per night could increase the risk of breast cancer
by 60 per cent [Telegraph, UK] |
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How
a talented surgeon's career lies in ruins after false drugs
charge |
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Baker is one of the country's top maxillofacial
surgeons ... With such skills, you might expect Baker to be wealthy,
but come next month, thanks to a bizarre prosecution over £45
worth of illegal drugs, he won't even be able to pay his mortgage
[Mail, UK] |
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Grants
available for crystal meth education |
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The B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
(BCCPAC) is offering district parent advisory councils $1,000
grants to hold parent education meetings on crystal meth [Vancouver
Sun, Canada] |
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Five
Year Terms for Schafer, Fry in Federal Medical Marijuana Case |
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A federal judge sentenced medical marijuana
activists Dr. Marion Fry and her husband, Dale Schafer, to five
years in prison Thursday [Drug Law Blog, USA] |
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Special
Forces have Afghan drug lords in sights |
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British Special Forces are conducting covert
operations against drug smugglers in southern Afghanistan for
the first time [Telegraph, UK] |
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