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You
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The field has committed a total of £100,000
sponsorship for us to continue publication of Daily Dose for
the coming year. We would like to thank the following organisations:
Addaction; Ayurva; Castle Craig Hospital; Centre for Drug Misuse
Research, University of Glasgow; Concateno; HIT; Home Office;
National Treatment Agency; Scottish Government. Click here for
full details [David and Jim] |
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Come
back, Jim! They've saved us!! |
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Picture of Daily Dose editor on the brink ...
[the prof speaks out] |
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Date
rape drug test breakthrough |
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Concateno, a British drug testing and medical
diagnostics company, has developed a retrospective test for GHB
that can identify whether it has been in the body going back
further than three months [FT, UK] |
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Huge
rise in Scots misuse of painkiller |
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Prescriptions for Oxycodone, the addictive
opiate implicated in Heath Ledger's death, have increased by
430% [Times, UK] |
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Abuse-resistant
oxycodone primed for clinical trials |
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IntelliPharmaCeutics is ready to move into
full-scale clinical trials with a once-daily oral formulation
of oxycodone based on the company's ReXista abuse- and alcohol-resistant
technology [in-Pharma, USA] |
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Clergy
Speaks Out Against 'The War On Drugs' |
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It is welcome to see religious leaders exercising
their moral authority to speak out against the injustice and
inhumanity of the drug war [TDPF, UK] |
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Thesis
on service provision to street drinkers in dublin city centre |
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This research examines service responses to
the ‘homeless street drinking' population of Dublin City
Centre, with the aim of carrying out a preliminary evaluation
of the extent to which policy and practice is currently succeeding
in addressing the needs of this specific group. 78-page PDF via
[Tony Duffin Blog] |
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Secret
Cannabis Crop on the Rise in Germany |
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Cannabis production is on the increase in Germany
with the leaves mainly destined for Holland, police said. Germany
is no longer just a consumer, but also has become producer of
cannabis-related drugs [DW-World, Germany] |
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The
Murky Politics of Mind-Body |
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Now a critical moment has been reached in a
15-year debate in statehouses and in Congress over whether treatment
for problems like depression, addiction and schizophrenia should
get the same coverage by insurance companies as, say, diabetes,
heart disease and cancer [New York Times, USA] |
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Drug
dealers in your home |
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It is easy to obtain controlled substances
on the Internet. Offers pour into e-mail inboxes every day [Editorial
- SF Gate, USA] |
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Man
who sold Nixon White House on youth drug study has new public
enemy |
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A $120 million research program born in the
Nixon administration continues to shape America's drug policies.
And it all started with a 33-year-old psychology graduate student's
bold plan to poll thousands of teens nationwide each year about
their drug habits and beliefs at a time when reefer madness had
them in its grip [SanDiego Tribune, USA] |
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Coca
crackdown |
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Moves to ban cultivation of coca plants in
Latin America are driven by politics, not by health issues or
protection of the public [Comment - Guardian, UK] |
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Careful!
You can't always get what you want with drug tests |
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The rush to test could be more damaging than
beneficial [The Age, Australia] |
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Rural,
regional and remote health: indicators of health status and
determinants of health |
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Including a section on alcohol and illicit
drugs [AIHW, Australia] |
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April
edition - Of Substance |
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The latest Australian news and research on
alcohol, tobacco and other drugs [ANCD, Australia] |
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Drug
Foundation urges moratorium and independent analysis of new
party pills |
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On the eve of the BZP party pill ban, the New
Zealand Drug Foundation has called for a voluntary moratorium
on sales of all new non-BZP party pills until an independent
analysis has been carried out to determine their risk [New Zealand
Drug Foundation] |
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Afghanistan:
Tackling rising drug addiction in Parwan Province |
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There are about 600 registered drug addicts
in the province, but the real figure could be up to 5,000 [IRIN] |
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