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The field has committed a total of £100,000
sponsorship for us to continue publication of Daily Dose for
the coming year. We would like to thank the following organisations:
Addaction; Ayurva; Castle Craig Hospital; Centre for Drug Misuse
Research, University of Glasgow; Concateno; HIT; Home Office;
National Treatment Agency; Scottish Government. Click here for
full details [David and Jim] |
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Come
back, Jim! They've saved us!! |
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Picture of Daily Dose editor on the brink ...
[the prof speaks out] |
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Principles
of Drug Dependence Treatment |
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Discussion paper from the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organisation which aims
at articulating the key principles for underlying effective treatment
of drug dependence. 32-page PDF [UNODC / WHO] |
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Essential
Care |
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A Report on the Approach Required to Maximise
Opportunity for Recovery from Problem Substance Use in Scotland
[Scottish Government, UK] |
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National
drug treatment waiting times framework National reports |
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Data on the number of clients seen and the
length of time they waited to be seen for various interventions.
Tables and charts are presented by Drug Action Team area [DMIS,
UK] |
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Risky
drinking in North West school children and its consequences:
A study of fifteen and sixteen year olds |
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In the North West, Trading Standards North
West (TSNW) carried out a major survey among 15 and 16 year olds
in 2005 ... The Trading Standards questionnaire was updated and
the survey repeated in 2007. Here, we re-examine relationships
between risk behaviours, demographics, income, leisure activities
and access to alcohol, and look at trends in the level of individuals
consuming alcohol. 12-page PDF [Centre for Public Health, Liverpool
John Moores University, UK] |
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Not
In Front Of The Children |
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Child protection and advertising. An investigation
by Alcohol Concern. 20-page PDF [AERC, UK] |
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Licensing
Act review followed by further measures to address alcohol
related disorder |
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The report emphasises the root and branch approach
that the government is taking towards alcohol harm across all
sections of society [Alcohol Policy, UK] |
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Alcohol
consumption: the good, the bad, and the indifferent |
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Alcohol consumption guidelines reflect the
current scientific understanding of both the benefits of moderate
alcohol consumption and the detriments of immoderate alcohol
consumption. 9-page PDF [Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism] |
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Alcohol
commissioning gets a boost with new online portal |
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The Hub of Commissioned Alcohol Projects and
Policies (HubCAPP)
will allow commissioners working in England to share their experiences
of planning and implementing local alcohol harm reduction strategies
and initiatives [Alcohol Concern, UK] |
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Cameron:
No "silver bullet" on binge-drinking |
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In an exclusive inteview with The Publican,
the Tory leader explains what his party would do to help pubs,
gives his views on supermarkets and defines binge-drinking [The
Publican, UK] |
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Britain's
Mean Streets |
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British youngsters drink their Continental
European counterparts under the table. 4-page feature [TIME magazine,
USA] |
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APPG
for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction |
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The APPG met with Annette Pereira from the
National Treatment Agency to look at the lack of services for
Involuntary Tranquilliser addicts [Benzo, UK] |
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Working
for everyone: building community confidence in the criminal
justice system |
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Jack Straw has given a lecture at the Royal
Society of Arts on public confidence in the criminal justice
system [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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Helping
Homeless People |
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Homelessness Monitoring Group Report [Scottish
Government, UK] |
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Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: building on strengths. |
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A provincial plan for British Columbia 2008 – 2018.
24-page PDF [Ministry of Children and Family Development, Canada] |
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The
Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce
Underage Drinking |
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Full text of the Call to Action and the action
guides [Department of Health & Human Services, USA] |
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Consequences
of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use in the District
of Columbia |
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This is the latest in a series of reports produced
by the DC Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (DCEOW). These reports
compile available data on the consumption of alcohol, tobacco,
and other drugs and the consequences of use of these substances
in the District of Columbia. 80-page PDF [CESAR, USA] |
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District
of Columbia Epidemiological Profile |
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Prevention-focused epidemiological profiles
for the District of Columbia that identifies and prioritizes
the consequences of illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use in
the District. 93-page PDF [CESAR, USA] |
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NIDA
Notes |
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Current issuse. Volume 21, Number 5 [NIDA,
USA] |
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Bioethics
and Substance Use |
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This blog is an attempt to bring substance
use, drug policy and bioethics together in a different kind of
conversation than we have typically had about the intersection
of these areas [Frederick Rotgers, American Editor-in-Chief of
the journal "Addiction Research and Theory"] |
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ANCD
research paper 16 - Drug testing in schools |
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Drug testing in schools: evidence, impacts
and alternatives. 202-page PDF [ANCD, Australia] |
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