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How
effective is the EMCDDA? An external evaluation |
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The results of the year-long exercise, carried
out by the UK-based Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services
[EMCDDA] |
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Asking
the right questions in the right way: |
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The need for a shift in research on psychological
treatments for addiction [Abstract from Addiction, UK] |
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Home
Office / Treasury - Stocktake of Anti-Drugs Interventions and
Cost-Effectiveness (2003) |
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This 58 page report has recently been released
following a Freedom of Information request from Transform [TDPF,
UK] |
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Subutex/Suboxone
use by prison inmates |
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HMP and NOMS North East Area have commissioned
a booklet following work with Lifeline Project to address the
problems related to Subutex use by inmates [Lifeline, UK] |
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Scottish
Government Evaluation of Mandatory Drug Testing of Arrestees
pilots in Scotland |
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The Police and Community Safety Analytical
Team is seeking to commission a formative evaluation of the Mandatory
Drug Testing of Arrestees pilots in 3 police stations in Scotland
(Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow). Expression
of interest [DMIS, Scotland, UK] |
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Population
in Custody |
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December 2007. 15-page PDF [Ministry of Justice,
UK] |
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Drug
Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland |
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First Results from the 2006/2007 Drug Prevalence
Survey. 20-page PDF [NACD, Ireland, UK] |
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Cannabis
supply and young people |
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How do young people obtain cannabis? A snapshot
view from a large city and rural villages. 60-page PDF [JRF,
UK] |
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Monitoring
of specialist alcohol treatment |
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From 1 April 2008 all providers of specialist
alcohol treatment will be asked to submit data to the National
Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) on clients receiving
specialist treatment for their alcohol misuse [NTA, UK] |
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Preventing
Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Young People |
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Adaptation and Testing of the Strengthening
Families Programme. 70-page PDF [AERC, UK] |
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World
Health Organisation calls unanimously for global strategy on
alcohol |
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Lists the strategies to reduce the harmful
use of alcohol [Institute of Alcohol Studies, UK] |
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Informing
Consumers about Beverage Alcohol. |
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This report focuses exclusively on factual
information about alcohol beverages and how it is currently provided.
12-page PDF [International Center for Alcohol Policies] |
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The
revolving door of mandatory minimums |
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Sparse media coverage has been allotted to
the potential impacts of the Conservative government’s
bill C-26, which would amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances
Act by introducing new mandatory minimum sentences for drug production
and trafficking [Law Times, Canada] |
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Vancouver's
supervised injection facility granted six-month lease on life |
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Addiction should be a matter, primarily, for
the Chief of Medicine rather than the Chief of Police. While
internationally renowned for its social kindness, Canada has
not been without its share of disgraceful political mistakes
in the not too distant past. 13-page PDF [Harm Reduction Journal] |
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A
qualitative study of overdose responses among Chicago IDUs |
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Overall, our small study found that the overdose
prevention efforts build on extensive knowledge possessed by
IDUs. Teaching IDUs how to use naloxone is an effective risk
reduction strategy. 16-page PDF [Harm Reduction Journal] |
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National
Drug Strategy 2004–2009 |
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Annual Report July 2005–June 2006 to
the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy. 112-page PDF [National
Drug Strategy, Australia] |
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Health
Professionals’ Attitudes Towards Licit and Illicit Drug
Users |
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A Training Resource. 2.88MB PDF [NCETA, Australia] |
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