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Greed
and alcohol misuse make for a lethal combination |
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And when, oh when will government intervene
to impose a statutory regulatory system on a discredited drinks
industry that has so blatantly demonstrated time and time again
that it is incapable of self-regulation? [Wynford Ellis Owen
Blog, Wired In] |
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Who
will cure ministers of illiberal headline addiction? |
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Children who cannot handle risk have no way
of adjusting to and properly using the world around them. But
what hope is there for such a programme when a home secretary
peddles statistical nonsense to justify a policy that every teenager
knows is rubbish? None [Guardian, UK] |
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A
dose of reality |
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An increase in cases of hepatitis C among injecting
drug users has led to calls to reverse the dramatic fall in needle
exchanges [Guardian, UK] |
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Teenagers
'turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with school stress' |
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One in three 16-year-olds are turning to alcohol,
cigarettes and drugs to cope with the pressure of looming exams
and coursework deadlines, a new study suggests [Telegraph, UK] |
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Competition
to highlight the dangers of underage drinking |
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The Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland
(HPA) has launched a new competition through its website www.up-2-you.net to
encourage young people to find out about the realities of underage
drinking [Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland, UK] |
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Toxic
bacterial skin infection claims two lives |
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A third victim along with a fourth possible
case, are still being treated in hospital and are making a gradual
improvement. No new cases have yet emerged [Scottish Drugs Forum,
UK] |
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Government
moves to secure funding to tackle problem gambling |
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Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe today unveiled
plans to introduce a statutory levy on the gambling industry
to fund the research, education and treatment of problem gambling
[dcms, UK] |
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Unintended
Consequences - poster & video contest |
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The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU)
is now accepting entries to the “Unintended Consequences
- Global Drug War Poster & Video Contest” as part of
our campaign to raise awareness on the 10 years review of global
drug control efforts [HCLU] |
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Important
Safety Information For the Smoking-Cessation Aid Champix |
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Health Canada is reminding Canadians who are
taking, or considering taking, the smoking-cessation aid Champix
of important safety information for this product [Health Canada] |
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A
New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and Other Mental
Illnesses |
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NIDA's research report, Comorbidity:
Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses describes common factors
that can lead to comorbidity, including genetic and gender
vulnerabilities, involvement of similar brain regions, and
the influence of developmental factors; and discusses how comorbidity
can be diagnosed and treated [NIDA, USA] |
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Follow
Us on Twitter! |
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ONDCP has begun using Twitter, one of the fastest-growing
social media platforms on the Internet to provide information
on National efforts that push back against America's illegal
drug problem [ONDCP, USA] |
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Twitter
hit by security breaches |
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Micro-blogging site Twitter has admitted that
some of its most high profile bloggers have been targeted by
hackers [BBC, UK] |
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'Recovery
coaches' effective in reducing number of babies exposed to
drugs |
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A groundbreaking study led by Joseph P. Ryan,
a faculty member in the School of Social Work at the University
of Illinois, indicates that recovery coaches can significantly
reduce the number of substance-exposed births as well as help
reunite substance-involved families [University of Illinois,
USA] |
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Salvation
Army's addiction services facing tough start to 2009 |
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Addiction services manager Major Lynette Hutson
said today there was a rise in demand as people picked up the
pieces after the festive season [News3, New Zealand] |
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Vietnam
Battles HIV Epidemic With U.S. Aid |
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There are challenges to changing the way drug
addicts are treated [Wall Street Journal, USA] |
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Drug
trafficking in the Golden Triangle |
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UNODC has just published the second volume
of "De Narcoticis"; a series of photojournalism books
depicting the lives of real people involved in - or touched by
- the trade in illicit drugs [UNODC] |
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