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Lack
of understanding of addiction by many treatment agency workers |
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I hate to say it, but I suspect that the majority
of the treatment industry is like what is portrayed here. Please
tell me I am wrong [the prof speaks out] |
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Improving
services for substance misuse |
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Commissioning drug treatment and harm reduction
services [Healthcare Commission and National Treatment Agency,
UK] |
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Drugs:
Our Community, Your Say |
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A report on the 2008 Drug Strategy Consultation
and Views on Reclassifying Cannabis to a Class B drug. 56-page
PDF [Home Office, UK] |
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Youth
homelessness in the UK |
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There have been significant policy developments
across the UK to address youth homelessness in recent years,
most particularly the extension of priority need groups and a
new emphasis on the prevention of homelessness. This 168-page
PDF study, the first UK-wide review of youth homelessness
for a decade, explores whether these changes have been effective
in tackling youth homelessness [JRF, UK] |
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Cannabis:
the real message? |
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The driving force behind the government’s
decision to ignore the recommendation of the ACMD on cannabis
was to send a message to young people about the dangers of the
drug But arguably there is another message coming across with
more worrying implications [Druglink, UK] |
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If
I can do something like this, loads of women can |
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The success of playing a lead role in They
Shoot Horses convinced Debbie Findlay to sort out her life [The
Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Attitudes
to Mental Illness 2008 Research Report |
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This report presents the findings of a survey
of attitudes towards mental illness among adults in England.
57-page PDF [DoH, UK] |
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Scots
'outspend UK on drink and smoking' |
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The stereotype of Scotland being a nation of
drinkers and smokers appears to have been borne out by new research
[Scotsman, UK] |
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Anti-Drug
Strategy |
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Government of Canada Reaches Out to First Nations
and Inuit Communities as Part of Anti-Drug Strategy [Health Canada] |
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Vancouver
mayoral candidates unite to support supervised drug-injection
site |
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Candidates for Vancouver's mayoral seat bridged
party divides Wednesday to deliver a united message to the federal
government: stop being ideological, look at the facts, and allow
Vancouver's supervised-injection site to stay open [Times Colonist,
Canada] |
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Great
Stuff |
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Here's a library of
resources from the recent recovery conference in Philadelphia
[Addiction and Recovery News, USA] |
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San
Diego Demonstrators Call for Overdose Prevention, Not Drug
Busts |
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Students, parents and drug policy reformers
organized a demonstration Wednesday to call attention to the
need for more effective, more sensible responses to overdose
[DPA, USA] |
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First
Addiction Science Award to be Given to Students at International
Science Fair |
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This year, for the first time, three students
will receive awards for exemplary projects in Addiction Science
at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF),
the world's largest science competition for high school students
[NIDA, USA] |
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Teen
Marijuana Use Linked to Later Illness |
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Self-Medication, Especially for Depression,
Raises Risk of Mental Problems, Study Says [Washington Post,
USA] |
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Forcing
Sobriety, However Imperfectly |
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Scram, for Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol
Monitor, records the wearer’s alcohol intake by measuring
air and perspiration emissions from the skin every hour ... Once
a day, John has to be near a modem so it can transmit data from
the last 24 hours to a monitoring agency and his probation officer
[New York Times, USA] |
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Indian
students say "I Decide" |
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UNODC and the Delhi Public School Society are
working together to improve the drug awareness education in some
200 Indian schools [UNODC] |
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