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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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Well
done Scotland! |
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I was really pleased to see in yesterday's
Daily Dose the article, 'Recovery will be key in new drugs strategy'.
Fergus Ewing and all his colleagues in the Scottish Government,
and beyond, need a pat on the back for moving their strategy
in this direction [the prof speaks out] |
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Risky
drinking in North West school children and its consequences:
A study of fifteen and sixteen year olds |
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In the North West, Trading Standards North
West (TSNW) carried out a major survey among 15 and 16 year olds
in 2005 ... The Trading Standards questionnaire was updated and
the survey repeated in 2007. Here, we re-examine relationships
between risk behaviours, demographics, income, leisure activities
and access to alcohol, and look at trends in the level of individuals
consuming alcohol. 12-page PDF [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool
John Moores University, UK] |
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Toll
of teenage drinking revealed |
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Teenagers are drinking an average of 44 bottles
of wine or 177 pints of beer a year each, a study suggests [BBC,
UK] |
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Britain's
Mean Streets |
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British youngsters drink their Continental
European counterparts under the table. 4-page feature [TIME magazine,
USA] |
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Teachers
to get search powers |
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Teachers should be able to search pupils for
alcohol, drugs and stolen goods, Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary,
said yesterday [Telegraph, UK] |
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Alcohol
commissioning gets a boost with new online portal |
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The Hub of Commissioned Alcohol Projects and
Policies (HubCAPP)
will allow commissioners working in England to share their experiences
of planning and implementing local alcohol harm reduction strategies
and initiatives [Alcohol Concern, UK] |
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Devolution
question over plan to link welfare benefits to treatment |
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Controversial UK Government proposals to force
people with drugs problems to “move successfully” through
treatment and into work in order to receive benefit payments
will have to be negotiated with the Scottish Government, it has
emerged [Scottish Drugs Forum, UK] |
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Army
sacks 1800 soldiers for using drugs |
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The Army sacked almost 1800 soldiers - the
equivalent of three battalions of infantry - for drug abuse in
the past three years [The Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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UNODC
Director declares international drug control system is not ‘fit
for purpose’ |
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One of the more encouraging discussion papers
to emerge from this month's UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in
Vienna [Press release - TDPF, UK] |
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Making
drug control 'fit for purpose': Building on the UNGASS decade |
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This report has not yet been made available
on the UNODC website along with most of the other relevant CND
reports, but was available at the event itself. Transform have
a scanned
copy (in pdf format) (3 megs) [TDPF, UK] |
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Families
Seeking Support in Coping with Heroin Use |
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The Experience of Families Seeking Support
in Coping with Heroin Use. Documentary by the National Advisory
Committee on Drugs [drugs.ie, Ireland] |
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Four
Pillars News for March |
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Mayor Sam Sullivan's Four Pillars Coalition
newsletter [City of Vancouver, Canada] |
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Program's
focus on inner strength helps turn young drug users around |
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School-Aged Children and Youth (SACY) Substance
Abuse and Prevention Program is much more effective than the
traditional "Say no to drugs" campaigns in many public
schools. SACY takes into consideration the youth's entire life
- factors such as language, religion and personal passions -
then works on the positive aspects to help give them direction
[Globe and Mail, Canada] |
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NIDA
Notes |
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Current issuse. Volume 21, Number 5 [NIDA,
USA] |
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National
Forensic laboratory Information System - Mid-year report 2007 |
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This report provides the results of substances
analyzed by state and local laboratories from January 2007 through
June 2007, including national and regional estimates for the
most frequently identified drugs [DEA, USA] |
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Spitzer's
Fall Sparks Hope for Overhaul of New York's Rockefeller Drug
Laws |
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With a progressive new governor and state Republicans
on the verge of extinction, New York may soon be ready to "drop
the Rock" [Alternet, USA] |
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Former
Surgeon General: Mainstream Medicine Has Endorsed Medical Marijuana |
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An historic document from the 124,000-member
American College of Physicians certifies the medical value of
marijuana [Alternet, USA] |
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Salvia:
Four Simple Questions For Lawmakers |
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State legislatures continue to follow in the
footsteps of states like Illinois and Delaware, which have criminalized
the possession of the drug salvia divinorum. If you're in a state
where such a law is being considered -- like Ohio, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, or even California, where I'm from -- here are
four simple questions that you should ask lawmakers [Drug Law
Blog, USA] |
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The
NSDUH Report: Substance Use and Dependence Following Initiation
of Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use |
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Alcohol and illicit drug dependence were defined
in SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health using the
DSM-IV diagnostic criteria which includes such symptoms as withdrawal,
tolerance, unsuccessful attempts to cut down on use, and continued
use despite health and emotional problems caused by the substance
[SAMHSA, USA] |
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Cops
settle innocent driver's drug test case |
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A Victorian man could receive up to $250,000
in an out-of-court settlement, after he was falsely labelled
a drug user by police in a bungled roadside drug test three years
ago [The Age, Australia] |
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Poster
boy for what binge drinking does |
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He was once famously arrogant, but Wayne Carey
is now a tormented, emotionally volatile man who has given the
impression that he is hanging delicately on life's edge [The
Age, Australia] |
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Ban
alcohol sponsors for sport: Costello |
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World Vision Australia chief the Reverend Tim
Costello has called for alcohol sponsorship to be banned at sporting
events [The Age, Australia] |
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Sale
of BZP illegal by 1 April |
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Retailers and manufacturers of benzylpiperazine
(BZP) and related substances have only five days left to hand
over their stocks to police before an amendment to the Misuse
of Drugs Act 1975 classifying these substances as controlled
drugs comes into force [Ministry of Health, New Zealand] |
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Pepsi,
Doritos... and drugs |
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A new anti-drug campaign spearheaded by superstar
preacher Amr Khaled has raised questions over why addiction is
mushrooming [Al-Ahram, Egypt] |
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