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Research
shows the dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network |
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Last week, the British Medical Journal published
a very interesting article...This research, showing that happiness
is a collective phenomenon, has relevance for public health [David
Clark Blog, Wired In] |
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Interventions
for children and families where there is parental drug misuse |
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Executive summary. 6-page PDF [ARTEC, UK] |
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Learnt
behaviour |
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With children as young as 10 being initiated
into drug use by their parents, a new report calls for a family-led
approach to addiction [Guardian, UK] |
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Youngsters
affected by drug use |
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An estimated 4,000 children in Nottingham have
parents who use heroin or crack, according to a research project
[BBC, UK] |
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Cannabis
users will escape with £80 fixed penalty fine |
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Drug users caught with cannabis will be given £80
on-the-spot fines and will not get a criminal record or have
to appear in court under government plans [Daily Mail, UK] |
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'Nanny
State' or responsible goverrnment? |
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The Mail has an article by a pair of celebrities
who complain that the nanny state goes too far in telling people
what they can and can't do with alcohol [David McCartney Blog,
Wired In] |
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Thousands
in drug rehabilitation |
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Figures from the National Treatment Agency
show 3,300 heroin users in Nottinghamshire are seeking help [BBC,
UK] |
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Barry
steps up prescription drugs fight |
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One man's relentless fight against the misery
caused by addiction to prescribed tranquillisers has made it
to the door of the Government's Work and Pensions secretary James
Purnell [Benzo, UK] |
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The
policing and crime bill criminalises young people persistently
drinking in public places |
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The policing and crime bill: putting people
first is due for its second reading in Parliament on 19th January
[Alcohol Policy UK] |
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Mixed
reaction to drink website |
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Diageo is launching its responsible drinking
website this week but what are its aims? [Irish Times] |
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Smoking
without Borders |
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An HCLU film about drug tourism in the Netherlands:
is it really only the problem of the Dutch? [Drug Reporter] |
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Obama
Names Patrick Ward as Interim Drug Czar |
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Today, the White House announced that ONDCP’s
acting Deputy Director Patrick Ward will be promoted to acting
director. In other words, the much-anticipated next drug czar
will be … Patrick Ward [Drug Law Blog, USA] |
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Vatican
suggests excommunicating Mexican drug traffickers |
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The Vatican's No. 2 official, Cardinal Tarcisio
Bertone, calls for a 'harsh deterrent' to the drug violence that
left more than 5,000 dead last year [LA Times, USA] |
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State
of Tobacco Control: 2008 |
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This report tracks progress on key tobacco
control laws and policies enacted as of January 1, 2009 [American
Lung Association] |
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Feds
fail to use effective drug treatment plans in prison |
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Despite 20 years of scientific evidence showing
that drug treatment programs work, the feds fail to offer enough
of them to prisoners, according to a new study [Scientific American] |
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UN
Human Rights Experts call upon CND to support Harm Reduction |
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The Letter from the Special Rapporteurs gives
comment on the draft political declaration and annex that has
been prepared for discussion at a High Level Meeting at the UN
in Vienna in March [IHRA] |
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Drug
World Update |
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Issue 33 - January [Paul Cook] |
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