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Archived Daily News - 14th March 2009
   
 
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NTA response to DrugScope report on drug treatment
The NTA has welcomed the publication of the report as an important contribution to progressing drug treatment, and has said that it will consider all its recommendations [NTA, UK]
 
Police complete 'unprecedented' crackdown on Aberdeen drug dealers
Operation Lochnagar saw raids carried out across Aberdeen and was the largest enforcement in the history of Grampian Police [The Scotsman, UK]
 
Human beings don't just react to rewards for abstinence - they interpret them
Rare glimpse 'under the hood' of contingency management suggests that unless the patient sees themselves as having actively mastered their dependence and has developed anti-relapse strategies, effects of rewarding abstinence will be short-lived [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]
 
Barnsley to become first UK town to ban all-you-can-drink promotions
Councillors in Barnsley are in talks with police chiefs about introducing a by-law to stop 'irresponsible' promotions in pubs and nightclubs [Daily Mail, UK]
 
Wetherspoon's Tim Martin slams government over tax, binge drinking and red tape
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has slammed the government over its tax and regulation policies which he believes will have “predictable and inevitable effects on employment levels and tax income in the near and medium term” [The Publican, UK]
 
Senate panel OKs shield for needle exchange
Legislation to protect needle-exchange programs operated by local health departments won approval in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday after brief testimony in favor of the bill [Chron, USA]
 
False Consensus of UN Negotiations Exposed
At the adoption of the political declaration by the UN, the German delegation raised their flag and made the following statement ... The aforementioned states declare that they will interpret the term 'related support services' used in the Political Declaration and the plan of action as including measures which a number of states, intergovernmental organisations and NGOs call harm reduction measures [CND Blog]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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