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Daily
Dose sponsorship - an attractive "New DDeal" |
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Wired In, via our charity Wired International
Ltd., is looking for financial sponsorship to help us maintain
and further develop Daily Dose during the period April 1st 2009
to March 31st 2010. Please click on the headline to read more
about our new sponsorship deal and click here to
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of sponsors and enhance their profile in the field. Please remember,
sponsorship is our lifeblood. |
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ACMD
report on Hepatitis C |
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The NTA has welcomed the report by the Advisory
Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on hepatitis C, published
on Wednesday 25 February 2009, which makes a series of recommendations
to prevent the spread of the virus [NTA, UK] |
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Drinking
problems rife in the great orchestras |
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It is a hidden, taboo subject, widely known
about within the music world but barely discussed [Guardian,
UK] |
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Royal
College of Physicians and Royal College of Nursing survey on
alcohol treatment services |
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The Royal College of Physicians and the Royal
College of Nursing are conducting a survey to better understand
how rising levels of harmful alcohol consumption are affecting
frontline clinicians and the NHS. In particular we would like
to hear your views on ... [RCN, UK] |
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Drink
restrictions ‘won’t cut violence’ |
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A study of violent offenders over a 30-year
period shows Scottish Government proposals to tackle alcohol-related
violence, including raising the legal age and pricing, will not
work [Evening Times, Scotland, UK] |
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Cigarette
vending machine ban slammed |
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Moves to ban cigarette vending machines in
Scotland have been branded “disappointing” by a leading
trade group [The Publican, UK] |
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New
Canadian review of needle exchange programmes confirms they
save lives and money |
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While a few governments - such as the United
States, Russia, Japan, Sweden and Italy - have been spending
the last few months trying to block any reference to harm reduction
in the 2009 UN Political Declaration on drugs currently being
negotiated in Vienna, others have actually been basing their
positions on harm reduction upon reviews of evidence [IHRA] |
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The
TEDS Report: Predictors of Substance Abuse Treatment Completion
or Transfer to Further Treatment by Service Type |
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In general, the significant predictors of substance
abuse treatment completion or transfer for clients discharged
in 2005 were: alcohol as the primary substance of abuse, less
than daily use at admission, being over age 40, having 12 or
more years of education, being White, referral to treatment by
the criminal justice system, and being employed [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Are
Work Stressors Related to Employee Substance Use? |
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The Importance of Temporal Context in Assessments
of Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use. 4-page PDF [Research Institute
on Addictions, USA] |
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Under
Obama, Drug War Tactics Poised to Shift |
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Administration officials are hinting that the
DEA's raids on medical marijuana sellers will likely end [U.S.
News] |
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A
no-win 'war on drugs' |
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The current strategy isn't working. We need
an open discussion about what's next [Los Angeles Times, USA] |
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Psychiatrist
teaches 'mindfulness' to smokers |
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A Yale psychiatrist is bringing together neuroscience
and Buddhist practices to help people overcome their addictions
[Boston Globe, USA] |
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Hungarians
Challenge UN Claims About Dutch Drug Use |
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A project to pressure the head of the UN Office
on Drugs and Crime to substantiate his statements about Dutch
drug use [Dare to Act] |
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Century
of drug control commemorated in Shanghai |
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Centennial celebrations were held in Shanghai
this week to mark the 100 th anniversary of the International
Opium Commission which met in Shanghai, China [UNODC] |
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