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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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Kevin
Manley |
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There was something about him which I couldn't
quite put my finger on [Personal Stories blog] |
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Do
you have a piece missing? |
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How can somebody conquer their substance misuse
problems when they don't have adequate information and education
on possible ways of doing this? [I did it my way blog] |
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Principles
of Drug Dependence Treatment |
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Discussion paper from the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organisation which aims
at articulating the key principles for underlying effective treatment
of drug dependence. 32-page PDF [UNODC / WHO] |
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Home
Office U-turn on cannabis as link to mental illness deepens |
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Youngsters are to be given a stronger warning
on the dangers of cannabis following a U-turn in the Home Office
... The U-turn comes in advance of a key report next month on
whether cannabis should be reclassified as a Class B illegal
drug [Daily Mail, UK] |
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Essential
Care |
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A Report on the Approach Required to Maximise
Opportunity for Recovery from Problem Substance Use in Scotland
[Scottish Government, UK] |
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Recovery
will be key in new drugs strategy |
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All agencies dealing with drug addiction and
its underlying causes need to refocus their talents and energies
on helping addicts into recovery, Minister for Community Safety
Fergus Ewing said today [Scottish Government, UK] |
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Class
A drug seizures up in area |
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From April 2007 to the end of December Force
figures show £2.4m of Class A drugs were recovered. This
compares with £790,000 worth of drugs seized between April
2006 and March 2007 [BBC, UK] |
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Working
for everyone: building community confidence in the criminal
justice system |
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Jack Straw has given a lecture at the Royal
Society of Arts on public confidence in the criminal justice
system [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Drug
Testing Prisoners in Loughborough |
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As already stated, the principle of the Drug
Interventions Programme is to reduce crime. This is done through
encouraging drug taking offenders out of crime and into treatment
[Loughborough News, UK] |
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APPG
for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction |
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The APPG met with Annette Pereira from the
National Treatment Agency to look at the lack of services for
Involuntary Tranquilliser addicts [Benzo, UK] |
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Breath-testing
for young drinkers |
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Under-age drinkers in the streets and parks
in Colwyn Bay could be tested by police armed with breathalyser
kits [BBC, UK] |
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'Next
big challenge' on smoking |
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Campaigners have marked the second anniversary
of the smoking ban in Scotland by calling for more action to
stop youngsters taking up the habit [BBC, UK] |
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A
change of identity |
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As I said a few days ago, we are changing our
identity from WIRED to Wired In [the prof speaks
out] |
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Marijuana
exempt from smoking ban |
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The ban on smoking in cafés and restaurants
from July 1 will not apply to the smoking of pure marijuana or
cannabis, health minister Ab Klink has told MPs [Dutch News] |
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'Cheese'
Heroin Hooking Young Users in Dallas |
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In Dallas, health officials are seeing children
that young being brought to hospitals with signs of heroin withdrawal.
The city is in its third year of what drug abuse experts call
a "mini-epidemic" among young Hispanics snorting a
mild but addictive heroin called "cheese." [npr, USA] |
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DPA
Report Lays Out National Strategy for Methamphetamine |
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A new Drug Policy Alliance report, "A
Four-Pillars Approach to Methamphetamine: Policies for Effective
Drug Prevention, Treatment, Policing and Harm Reduction," evaluates
current state and federal methamphetamine policies and recommends
major reforms [DPA, USA] |
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Prescription
painkiller deaths in state surpass deaths from illegal drugs |
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Every day, 2,500 kids age 12-17 abuse a prescription
painkiller for the first time, according to the White House Office
of National Drug Control Police [Seattle Times, USA] |
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Can
Sips at Home Prevent Binges? |
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Abundant research shows the dangers of heavy
drinking and the necessity of getting help with teenage alcohol
abuse. But little guidance is offered on teaching teenagers about
the pleasures of wine with a meal [New York Times, USA] |
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ANCD
research paper 16 - Drug testing in schools |
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Drug testing in schools: evidence, impacts
and alternatives. 202-page PDF [ANCD, Australia] |
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Drug
tests make no sense |
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The new report from the Australian National
Council on Drugs, prepared by the National Centre for Education
and Training on Addiction, clearly exposes school drug testing
for the inefficient program it is [The Age, Australia] |
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Our
children deserve and need a safe school environment |
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At first glance, the idea of drug-testing our
school students may not seem palatable. But when we look more
closely at the position we are now in, Australians may need to
rethink how we can prevent illicit drug use among our young [The
Age, Australia] |
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Alcopop
rivals trade barbs over extra energy drinks |
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Cracks are emerging in the liquor industry
over its response to the Federal Government's campaign on binge
drinking after Diageo criticised the decision by rivals to withdraw
from super-strength energy alcopops [The Age, Australia] |
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Independent
Commission on AIDS in Asia calls for countries to craft new
responses |
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Epidemics centre mainly around behaviours of
unprotected paid sex, use of contaminated needles and syringes
by people who inject drugs, and unprotected sex between men [UNAIDS] |
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