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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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Progress
made on funding shortfall |
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It's been a very good day and things have moved
along significantly in our drive to save Daily Dose. However
... [the prof speaks out] |
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Children
in care being ‘pushed out’ at age 16, says report |
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Kathleen Marshall, in a biting report published
today, says more than half of all youngsters who left care were
16, many of them vulnerable to homelessness, drugs, drink and
unemployment [The Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Quarter
of drug addicts 'wait more than a year for care' |
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Statistics revealed that, at the end of last
year, 26 per cent of those requiring an appointment for treatment
had been waiting more than 12 months [The Scotsman, UK] |
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National
drug treatment waiting times framework National reports |
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Data on the number of clients seen and the
length of time they waited to be seen for various interventions.
Tables and charts are presented by Drug Action Team area [DMIS,
UK] |
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Minimum
alcohol prices could legally beat discounts, says professor |
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The former Royal Physician of Scotland has
told local authorities they can beat the market laws on competition
and insist upon a minimum price for alcohol [The Herald, Scotland,
UK] |
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Alcohol
Labelling Bill [HL] 2007-08 |
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Progress of Bill including links to debates
[Parliament, UK] |
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Alcohol
ban advised for pregnancy |
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Women should not drink any alcohol during pregnancy,
NHS adviser the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
(NICE) has said [BBC, UK] |
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Wales
steps up war on drugs |
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North Wales Police are working to develop ways
of targeting drug related crime and solving problems such as
fear of crime in the community [News Wales, UK] |
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Reviewing
the Care Programme Approach (CPA) |
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The system is designed to coordinate activity
to meet individual's needs for treatment, support and care across
a range of services, (e.g. medication, therapy, housing, finances,
education, personal aspirations) [NIMHE, UK] |
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Second
anniversary of Scotland's smoking ban |
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The Scottish Government recently committed
an additional thirty three million pounds over the next three
years towards smoking cessation services [Scottish Government,
UK] |
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Help
make the Parliamentary Bill process fit for the 21st century |
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Commoners, don't forget that the big scary
building with all the pointy towers you see on the news, the
one full of all the bossy posh people shouting, well, it's actually
your house, paid for by you, and all those people are in fact
your servants, they do your bidding and can only produce horrors
like the Drugs Bill bad things when you're not looking and let
them get away it. So please read this, sign up, and pay attention
[TDPF, UK] |
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Former
drug addict scoops top award |
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A former drug addict from Moreton who launched
a "personal crusade" to teach others the dangers of
substance abuse has been named Young Achiever of the Year by
The Prince of Wales at a glamorous celebrity bash [Wirral Globe,
UK] |
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Superskunk
me |
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What happened when one woman smoked dope daily
for a month for a BBC documentary [Daily Mail, UK] |
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Congressman's
bid to legalise cannabis challenges United Kingdom's stance |
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A United States Congressman has alluded to
the fact that the time is right for cannabis to be decriminalised
once and for all, and he called the jailing of people who smoke
cannabis "pretty silly" [Canna Zine, UK] |
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40%
believe women who drink or take drugs are at fault |
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Four out of 10 people agree with the controversial
view that women who drink or take drugs are partly or completely
at fault if they are raped [Irish Examiner] |
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Petition
to the House of Commons in Parliament |
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An on-line petition urging the Parliament of
Canada to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to
address all drugs, including alcohol and the non-medical use
of prescription drugs, which includes prevention, harm reduction,
treatment and policing strategies [Community Forum on the National
Anti-Drug Strategy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada] |
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No
home for needle exchange: Where do we go from here? |
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With an eviction pending on its current site
and outraged neighbours fighting a move to a new location, the
health authority has little choice but to switch to a mobile
service [Times Colonist, Canada] |
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Bioethics
and Substance Use |
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This blog is an attempt to bring substance
use, drug policy and bioethics together in a different kind of
conversation than we have typically had about the intersection
of these areas [Frederick Rotgers, American Editor-in-Chief of
the journal "Addiction Research and Theory"] |
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Teenage
earners at drugs risk |
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Commissioned by the Australian National Council
on Drugs, a report found that school students with $21-$60 a
week disposable income were 60 per cent more likely to have used
drugs in the past year than those with $20 or less [Herald Sun,
Australia] |
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Druggos
get the thumbs down |
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According to students The Age spoke to yesterday,
those who take drugs are in the minority [The Age, Australia] |
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