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Police
report 50% more women drunks |
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Forces across the country report 5,891 females
were detained for the offence last year, compared with 3,847
in 2003/04 [Guardian, UK] |
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'Soft-on-drugs
police' under fire |
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Several papers consider Gordon Brown's reported
plan to return cannabis to classification as a class B drug after
it was downgraded to class C four years ago [BBC, UK] |
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Cannabis
law is a mess |
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If the Government is now intent upon making
cannabis once again a Class B drug in order to signal concern
about its use, it would be perverse for the police then to treat
it as though it were a less potent substance [Telegraph, UK] |
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Gordon
Brown To Regrade Cannabis As A Class B Drug Sparks Approval
From Recovering UK Addicts |
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Dan Butcher, Founder of The Recovery Network
an online social networking website for those affected by addiction,
agrees with Gordon Brown's upcoming ruling to regrade cannabis
as a class B drug. It sends out the message that drugs are dangerous
and linked to crime [Medical News Today, UK] |
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Background
Briefings |
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We have now put links to all 63 of my Background
Briefings which have appeared in Drink and Drugs News on another
of our Blogs [the
prof speaks out, UK] |
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RCGP
13th National Conference Review |
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Meeting the needs of diverse populations: hard
to reach or easy to ignore? [SMMGP, UK] |
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OxyContin
that's harder to abuse? FDA debates new version |
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The government is evaluating a new version
of OxyContin — the potent painkiller sometimes called "hillbilly
heroin" — designed to be harder to abuse [SF Gate,
USA] |
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Waving,
not drowning |
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Cocaine now moves by submarine [Economist] |
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Speedy
decline |
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Success in the war against methamphetamines—at
a certain price [Economist] |
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Will
Pot Ever Be Legal in This Schizoid Country? |
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Five signs that pot might become legal soon
- and five reasons why it probably won't [AlterNet, USA] |
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Low-dose
pot eases pain while keeping mind clear |
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Giving carefully calibrated doses of smoked
marijuana to people with neuropathic pain, which can be difficult-to-treat
and extremely painful, can ease their pain without clouding their
minds [MedlinePlus, USA] |
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Social
cost of drugs over $1 billion |
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The social cost of illicit drug use in 2006
amounted to over $1 billion or almost 1% of New Zealand's gross
domestic product [TVNZ, New Zealand] |
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Minister
voices Afghan opium fear |
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Legalising production of opium in Afghanistan
for medical use would be unworkable and fuel the drugs industry,
a UK Foreign Office minister has said [BBC, UK] |
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