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Does this Government have any coherent policies at all? Last year, with great hullabaloo, it passed the Intoxicating Liquor Act that was designed to protect society from the malign effects of alcohol abuse [Irish Times]
These naive smugglers are typically badly educated single mothers coerced into crime [Guardian, UK]
Pubs and clubs that offer ‘all-you-can-drink’ deals to be threatened with closure [Independent, UK]
The voluntary code will mean an end to alcohol-only advertising on TV and radio by retailers and an end to special offers on alcohol scattered throughout stores [Irish Times]
It is produced by inmates for inmates and never broadcasts beyond the confines of HMP Brixton. But Electric Radio – with its mix of music, interviews and frank accounts of prison life – last night won two Sony radio awards [Guardian, UK]
Most people with depression need some kind of therapy, but could a computer replace a counsellor? [Guardian, UK]
Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is hoping the increased use of “cutting agents” to dilute powder cocaine is not only evidence of their own success, but also opens up a new front in the fight against drug gangs [BBC, UK]
In the biggest surprise of the night, Electric Radio, which broadcasts to the south London jail’s 800 inmates, took two gold gongs at the Sony Radio Awards, in the listener participation and community categories [Times, UK]
A shocking new report by a mental health group shows the recession is causing almost 40 per cent of men to be worried or feel low [politics.co.uk]
This is the first time a poll has shown more than 50% of Americans favouring marijuana legalisation [Guardian, UK]
Even in good times, life for poor working women can be an obstacle-filled struggle to get by. In bad times, it can be hell [Alternet, USA]
Doctors have linked alcohol intake to the development of the brain-wasting condition in between 10 and 24% of the estimated 700,000 people in the UK with the disease [Observer, UK]
Mexico’s recognition that it has to reform its law-enforcement system coincides with a belated U.S. confession. An insatiable demand for drugs north of the border, the Obama Administration concedes … [Time, USA]
President Obama’s budget released Thursday takes a step backward from a controversial political position he had taken during the presidential campaign [The Huffington Post, USA]
Britain’s only residential rehabilitation centre for children fighting addictions to drink and drugs is facing closure amid a funding crisis [The Times, UK]
Funding for communities battling drugs has been further slashed, sparking angry reactions from activists who described government policies as “stupid” [drugs.ie]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that the discussion over whether to legalize and tax marijuana for recreational use in California would benefit from a large-scale study, including international case comparisons, to show the possible impact of such a change [New York Times, USA]
The government’s drug advisers are to consider next week whether to ban Spice Gold, a herbal smoking mixture that is as strong as some strains of skunk cannabis, and other “legal highs” [Guardian, UK]
British children are to be taught about the dangers posed by drug dealers and paedophiles by exploring a virtual world [Daily Mail, UK]
However much a small charity may be needed and however effective and efficiently it is run, funds from government are being denied. In many cases money is available, but bigger organisations that are well-equipped to bid for funds effectively discriminate against smaller ones [Guardian, UK]
