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Drugs
adviser says sorry over ecstasy article |
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The government's drugs adviser last night apologised
for saying that the risk in taking ecstasy was no worse than
in riding a horse [Guardian, UK] |
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Drugs
adviser criticised by Smith |
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The home secretary has told MPs she was "surprised" and "disappointed" by
a drugs adviser likening the dangers of ecstasy to the dangers
of horse riding [BBC, UK] |
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Welfare
Reform Bill starts its formal proceedings on Tuesday |
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The Committee shall hear oral evidence (including
from Drugscope) in accordance with the following table ...[House
of Commons, UK] |
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Harm
Reduction Works - Launch DVD |
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The launch DVD contains a selection of the
film resources developed for the [Harm Reduction Works Campaign,
UK] |
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Low-alcohol
wine manufacturer fights ban |
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The food standards watchdog was accused yesterday
of a “heavy handed abuse of power” in banning a new
low-alcohol wine in the face of Government policy urging people
to drink sensibly [Times, UK] |
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Governments
Must Focus On Price, Availability And Affordability To Tackle
Alcohol Misuse, Not Just Education |
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Following on from the Seminar on alcohol-use
disorders published Online First last week, the lead Editorial
in this week's Lancet says that education and persuasion are
not effective interventions on their own - and they must be accompanied
by government strategies which focus on price, availability,
and affordability of alcohol [MNT, UK] |
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China
white heroin reappears as number of addicts rises |
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A batch of 'China white' heroin that can be
mistaken for cocaine is back on the streets of the capital as
drug treatment centres report a rise in people presenting for
heroin addiction [Drugs.ie, Ireland] |
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Drug
Use and HIV risk among young people in sub-Saharan Africa |
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This report describes the results of an exploratory
study commissioned by STOP AIDS NOW! in order to explore current
developments regarding HIV and drug use in the sub-Saharan region.
37-page PDF [Stop Aids Now] |
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Teen
marijuana use no longer declining |
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Recent declines in marijuana use by U.S. teens
appear to have stalled this year and their abuse of prescription
drugs remains at worrisome levels [Canada.com] |
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Detoxification
and Substance Abuse Treatment Training Manual |
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Based on a Treatment Improvement Protocol,
TIP 45. 94-page PDF [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Uncle
Sam, Drug Scold |
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We spend billions on supply-side interdiction
and other police efforts. We now incarcerate roughly 500,000
people for drug offenses, more than the European Union incarcerates
for all crimes. Despite these prodigious efforts, U.S. street
prices of heroin and cocaine have plummeted since the early 1980s
[The New Republic, USA] |
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UN
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health calls for government
action on harm reduction in new IHRA report |
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Of the estimated 33 million HIV infections
in the world, nearly 3 million or about 10 percent, are on account
of injecting drug use. All these infections were and are preventable,
but only if governments and authorities adopt the proven and
workable strategies of harm reduction [IHRA] |
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Youth
alcohol, drug services deal with complex needs |
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The first study profiling young people who
attend alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services in New
Zealand has revealed a number of areas that need to be addressed
in order to provide more effective treatment for this age group
[Scoop, New Zealand] |
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Addicts
deserve life of dignity: Priest |
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The stigma attached with alcoholism and drug
addiction needs to be abolished so that the people affected by
these social problems are brought back to the mainstream, feels
Rev. Father Joseph H Pereira, who was honoured with the Padmashree
award this year for social work [Times of India] |
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