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Polarised
debate is not taking drug treatment forward |
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In the midst of the claims and counter claims
made about different types of drug treatment – mainly substitute
prescribing versus residential rehabilitation – there is
a real danger that the bigger picture is being missed. Paul Hayes,
Chief Executive [NTA, UK] |
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The
physical effects of heroin addiction |
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In this section of film, we look at the physical
effects of heroin addiction, including the realities of intravenous
drug use. We look at the risks and effects of blood borne viruses
(BBVs), and the importance of engaging in safe injecting practices
and being regularly tested for BBVs [Lucie James Blog, Wired
In] |
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Dose
of reality fuels new initiatives to help addicts |
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Long-term addicts to get two free doses of
heroin a day in a scheme that could be replicated across the
UK ... State-funded heroin is becoming a reality in Denmark [Guardian,
UK] |
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Too
Little, Too Late: An Independent Review of Unmet Mental Health
Need in Prison |
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Reveals that many people who should have been
diverted into mental health or social care from police stations
or courts are entering prisons, which are ill equipped to meet
their needs, and then being discharged back into the community
without any support. Full
report (79-page PDF) or Summary (6-page
PDF) [Prison Reform Trust, UK] |
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"Cocaine
changes: The experience of using and quitting", Part 3 |
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… emphasise the importance of one's personal
and social identity in influencing drug use. A commitment to
a conventional identity and everyday life helps form the social-psychological
and social-organizational context within which control and cessation
of drug use is possible [Professor David Clark, Wired In] |
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Cocaine
use rife in young adults |
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More than one in 10 young adults surveyed about
drugs in Northern Ireland have admitted trying cocaine [BBC,
UK] |
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Focus |
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This is so so true in life. Have you ever noticed
when you ask people what they want from life, they spend most
of their time telling you what they don't want? This is why it
keeps showing up and they keep on getting what they don't want
[MichaelF Blog, Wired In] |
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Hospitals
struggling to cope with alcohol-induced liver problems |
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Hospitals are struggling to cope with the number
of patients with liver disease as alcohol consumption causes
a 'rising tide of disease', doctors have warned [Telegraph, UK] |
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Children
of Alcoholics Week 2009 8-14 February |
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Children of Alcoholics Week is a campaign to
raise awareness of the many difficulties faced by millions of
children and adult children of alcohol-dependent parents in the
UK often living in confusion and isolation [National Association
for Children of Alcoholics, UK] |
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Mike
McCarron on Scotland's Futures Forum and the systems approach |
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Video - Mike talks about the systems approach
described in 'Approaches to Alcohol and Drugs in Scotlnd: A Question
of Architecture' [FEAD, UK] |
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Prison
treatment in Scotland fails to impress |
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The first published findings from the national
Scottish drug treatment evaluation highlighted the relative ineffectiveness
of treatment inside as opposed to outside prison. Print publication
2004 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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Economic
Study Estimates Meth Abuse Costs the U.S. $23.4 Billion |
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A RAND Corporation study released today, "The
Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States, 2005," estimates
the national cost of Meth abuse is $23.4 billion [MarketWatch,
USA] |
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The
Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States,
2005 |
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This first national estimate suggests that
the economic cost of methamphetamine (meth) use in the United
States reached $23.4 billion in 2005. Full
document (171-page PDF) or Summary (10-page
PDF) [RAND, USA] |
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Trees
for Ecstasy |
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The main raw material for ecstasy, safrole,
is extracted from various plants and trees in the form of safrole-rich
oils—also known as sassafras oil. Preventing ecological
damage and unsustainable harvesting of safrole-rich oils is urgently
needed to preserve fragile ecosystems [TNI, Netherlands] |
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Number
of doctors abusing drink, drugs triples |
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During the year to September, the Medical Practitioners
Board of Victoria's health committee investigated the welfare
of 27 doctors and one medical student - seven more practitioners
than the previous year [The Age, Australia] |
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