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WEEKLY DOSE - Week ending 2nd March 2008

 

 
 
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Updated drug strategy - Background
This strategy demonstrates clearly that treatment is at the heart of the Government’s approach to protecting families and communities from the damaging effects of drug misuse. It is a welcome endorsement of what we have already achieved and provides a renewed focus on a balanced system of personalised treatment that works towards achieving positive outcomes - Paul Hayes, Chief Executive of the NTA [Home Office, UK]
 
Drug strategy overview
The ten-year drug strategy (2008-2018) aims to restrict the supply of illegal drugs and reduce the demand for them. It focuses on protecting families and strengthening communities [Home Office, UK]
 
'Drugs: protecting families and communities' - 2008-2018 strategy
The drug strategy aims to restrict the supply of illegal drugs and reduce the demand for them. It focuses on protecting families and strengthening communities. 68-page PDF [Home Office, UK]
 
'Drugs: protecting families and communities' Action plan 2008-2011
The drug strategy covers a ten-year period to 2018, but its delivery is underpinned by a series of three-year action plans. 32-page PDF [Home Office, UK]
 
'Drugs: protecting families and communities' public information leaflet
Leaflet outlining the government's action plan for tackling illegal drugs. 8-page PDF [Home Office, UK]
 
Cost of the UK's illegal drug problem
A briefing updating previous estimates for drug-related health and crime costs. 8-page PDF [Addaction, UK]
 
Comments on the UK Drug Strategy:
 
Addaction
Adfam
DrugScope
EATA
In-volve
LGA
Release
Sarah McGrail
TDPF
Turning Point
 
Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland
This bulletin presents key findings from the second drug prevalence survey of households in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. 20-page PDF [NACD, Ireland]
 
The Effectiveness of Court Appointed Drug Education
The perspective of the voluntary sector. 26-page PDF [Crosscare Drug Awareness Programme, Ireland]
 
An Executive Summary of the Process Evaluation of the National Drug Awareness Campaign 2003 – 2005:
The purpose of this commissioned research was to track the process of the first National Drugs Awareness Campaign and to evaluate its development and delivery Summary [National Advisory Committe on Drugs, Ireland]
 
EU Civil Society Forum on Drug Issues
Summary report of the first meeting of the EU Civil Society Forum held in Brussels on December 13th and 14th 2007. 5-page PDF [IDPC]
 
Insite – Supervised Injection Site
Research Results [Vancouver Coastal Health, Canada]
 
2008 National Drug Control Policy
By addressing the epidemiology of drug use and the economics of drug markets, the National Drug Control Strategy has produced measurable results for the American people. 79-page PDF [White House, USA]
 
2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control
The INCSR is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2007 [U.S. Department of State]
 
2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
The INCSR is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2007 [U.S. Department of State]
 
Unique in International Relations?
A Comparison of the International Narcotics Control Board and the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies? 46-page PDF [IDPC]
 
Beckley Foundation Report 13
This report - a collaborative effort between several drugs, health, and human rights NGOs ? looks at the tensions between some aspects of the global drug control system, and UN human rights standards. 52-page PDF [IDPC]
 
IDPC Briefing 7
The International Narcotics control Board; Current tensions and options for reform. 23-page PDF [IDPC]
 
Supporting the families of young people with problematic drug use
This report investigates the support needs of families who have, as a family member, a young person who is misusing substances. 131-page PDF [ANCD, Australia]
 
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 - The MPOWER package
Download the sections [WHO]
 
   
   

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