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Daily
Dose sponsorship details |
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WIRED is
appealing for sponsors who are absolutely essential for the
continued publication of Daily Dose [Editor] |
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NTA
2007-08 review |
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Selected themes for the 2007/08 review [NTA,
UK] |
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Assessment
framework for substance misuse services |
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Theme A: Diversity. Theme B: Tier 4 services.
18-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
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Clinical
governance in drug treatment |
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New NTA consultation document to give providers
and commissioners useful guidance to help shape their clinical
governance development over the next few months [NTA, UK] |
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Clinical
governance in drug treatment |
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A draft good practice guide for providers and
commissioners. 58-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
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Activism
v realism |
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Opening themes from Daren Garratt, Glenda Daniels
and Paul Hayes [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Them
and us? |
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Exploring image and identity among service
users [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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User
groups doing it for themselves |
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The tricky issue of funding [Drink and Drugs
News, UK] |
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Listening
to the alcohol groups |
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Redressing the balance on alcohol [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Strength
in numbers |
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The benefits of service user networking [Drink
and Drugs News, UK] |
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Taking
control |
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Peter Martin's story of conquering stigma [Drink
and Drugs News, UK] |
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Back
to work |
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Reintegrating with skills and employment [Drink
and Drugs News, UK] |
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Post-its
from practice |
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Dr Chris Ford considers how best to respond
to her pregnant patient's needs [Drink and Drugs News, UK] |
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Letters |
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Responses to recent DDN features [Drink and
Drugs News, UK] |
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Stronger
government action needed to tackle the epidemic of alcohol
misuse |
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A new hard-hitting report ‘Alcohol misuse:
tackling the UK epidemic’ was launched on Thursday 21 February
2008 by the BMA and calls on governments to show leadership and
implement a full range of effective control policies that will
reduce the burden of alcohol misuse [BMA, UK] |
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Alcohol
misuse: tackling the UK epidemic |
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The BMA has developed comprehensive policy
on alcohol, and this report unifies its work and identifies effective,
evidence-based policies for reducing the burden of alcohol misuse
in the UK. 105-page PDF [BMA, UK] |
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Mental
health and ill health in doctors |
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Problems with alcohol, drugs and depression
are particularly common. 36-page PDF [DoH, UK] |
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Reducing
the risk of violent crime - Summary |
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More than 45 per cent of violent offenders
are thought to be under the influence of alcohol. Full
Report 1,010 KB PDF [National Audit Office, UK] |
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Drug
precursors: internal aspects |
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Effective control of the chemicals used in
the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
is one of the best ways of combating drug trafficking [Europa] |
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Drug
precursors: external aspects |
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This Regulation lays down the rules governing
the thorough monitoring of the trade in precursor drugs between
the European Union (EU) and third countries [Europa] |
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Opioid
Substitution Therapy in Prisons: Reviewing the Evidence |
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MMT has not been shown to be an obstacle to
the cessation of drug use, and in fact, MMT has been found to
be more effective than detoxification programs in promoting retention
in drug treatment programs and abstinence from illicit drug use.
12-page PDF [Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network] |
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Needle
and Syringe Programs and Bleach in Prisons: Reviewing the Evidence |
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The concerns raised about NSPs have been shown
to be unfounded. NSPs have not led to increased levels of risk
behaviour among people who use the programs or increased drug
use by people who inject drugs. 10-page PDF [Canadian HIV/AIDS
Legal Network] |
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Motivating
Illegal Drug Use Recovery |
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Evidence for a Culturally Congruent Intervention. Download
15-page PDF [RAND, USA] |
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Supporting
Research into the Therapeutic Role of Marijuana |
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A 13-page PDF position paper [American College
of Physicians] |
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Strategies
for Success |
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New pathways to drug abuse prevention. 12-page
PDF [ONDCP] |
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New
Report on the INCB |
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“Unique in International Relations?:
A Comparison of the International Narcotics Control Board and
the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies”. 46-page PDF [IHRA] |
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Thai
PM vows "rigorous" war on drugs despite outcry |
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Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej promised on Friday to
launch another war on drugs despite protests from human rights
groups which denounced the deaths of at least 2,500 [Reuters] |
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