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| Archived Daily News - 8th January
2009 |
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Too
few syringe disposal sites? Cafe, church and shopping centre
toilets can plug the gap |
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What happens when city authorities ask retail
and service premises to host syringe disposal bins in their toilets?
In Melbourne there were misgivings, but when the bins meant customers
and staff could avoid discarded syringes, they were welcomed
and retained, disposing of over 2000 syringes a month [Drug and
Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Stakeholder
Update December 2008 |
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An update from Alcohol Concern on the government's
consultation on Safe. Sensible. Social and information about
the Queen's Speech [Alcohol Concern, UK] |
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Middle-class
bingers: Young teenagers in affluent areas 'are more likely
to abuse drink and drugs' |
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Middle-class children living in suburbs and
rural areas are bigger binge-drinkers and drug-takers than peers
in the inner-cities, a survey said yesterday [Daily Mail, UK] |
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Wetherspoons
hits back over 99p pint furore |
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Pub chain argues that promotion is responsible
[The Publican, UK] |
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The
NSDUH Report: Marijuana Use and Perceived Risk of Use among
Adolescents: 2002 to 2007 |
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The percentage of adolescents who perceived
great risk from smoking marijuana once a month increased between
2002 (32.4%) and 2003 (34.9%), and then remained relatively stable
between 2003 and 2007 [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Safe
Drug Injection Sites |
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Will San Francisco follow Vancouver’s
lead? [Addiction Inbox, USA] |
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U.S.
Plans Border ‘Surge’ Against Any Drug Wars |
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The soaring level of violence in Mexico resulting
from the drug wars there has led the United States to develop
plans for a “surge” of civilian and perhaps even
military law enforcement should the bloodshed spread across the
border [New York Times, USA] |
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Future
Service Directions |
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Government Releases Five Year Plan to Deliver
Increased Support for Tasmanians Affected by Alcohol and other
Drugs. 40-page PDF [Victorian Government, Australia] |
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