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| Archived Daily News - 5th May
2008 |
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Warped
perceptions |
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The prime minister publicly described new strains
of cannabis as "lethal", as if they could trigger a
fatal overdose. That is as fanciful as the idea that sending
a moral message will do any good [Guardian, UK] |
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Hysteria
and hypocrisy over cannabis |
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I have to confess that I really cannot see
what reclassifying the drug will do, other than criminalise and
alienate more of our young people [the prof speaks out, UK] |
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Six
arrested as police seize £15m cocaine haul at port |
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Detectives yesterday seized cocaine with an
estimated street value of £15m in one of the biggest hauls
in British history [Guardian, UK] |
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15
local areas to lead pathfinder projects supporting vulnerable
families |
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A £16m 'Family Pathfinder' programme
- naming 15 local areas where disadvantaged families will be
offered intensive help and support [Cabinet Office, UK] |
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Services
under pressure as funding rules change |
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Voluntary sector services for drug users in
many parts of Scotland are under pressure as major changes to
funding arrangements take effect and threaten to undermine efforts
to bring about the Government’s new focus on drugs “recovery" [SDF,
UK] |
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A
Mind-Altering Drug Altered a Culture as Well |
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LSD: it was literally counter-cultural, offering
a dissent and the promise of a reformation ... Steve Jobs, Apple’s
presiding genius, described his own LSD experience as “one
of the two or three most important things” he has done
in his life [New York Times, USA] |
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