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Makes
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My point is this: Should not those who determine
the available treatment also be held accountable, for the quality
of service they provide? If people are dealing with any sickness,
they have a duty of care to the sufferer, don't they? [Tom's
Blog, Wired In] |
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Could
a vaccine solve the drug problem? |
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Should politicians exploit brain science to
make us behave? [Mark Easton's blog, BBC, UK] |
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It
Doesn't Have to Happen |
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A new national anti-knife crime website and
series of practical toolkits for local campaigners [Home Office,
UK] |
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Anaesthesiologists
and addiction |
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Then there's the remarkable case of William
S. Halstead, the father of modern American surgery. Halstead
initially became addicted to cocaine after reading Freud, tried
numerous times to quit and had no success, and so he decided
he'd try morphine and see if that would help [Peter McDermott's
Blog, Wired In] |
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Only
a few words |
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There is something particularly different to
my previous lifestyle, something more gentle for your stomach.
It´s the feeling that nothing special happens. Life is
much easier and not so complicated (Blog contains edited strong
language) [Martin's Blog, Wired In] |
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First
randomised trial finds little benefit and some risks in routinely
testing school pupils for drugs |
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US study of randomly testing secondary school
pupils involved in extracurricular sports was equivocal about
its deterrent impact and found some deterioration in attitudes
to risktaking, adding to a slim evidence base which has so far
found little benefit to justify the risks and the costs [Drug
and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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£13m
drugs seized as police crack down on serious crime |
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Drugs estimated to be worth almost £13
million have been seized by police in operations against serious
crime over the past year, the Scottish Government said yesterday
[The Scotsman, UK] |
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Major
criminals held in huge crackdown |
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Hundreds of arrests have been made, millions
of pounds worth of drugs seized and dozens of illegal guns confiscated
in a series of co-ordinated police operations against organised
crime in the last five months [The Herald, Scotland, UK] |
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Homeless
alcoholics wait four months for detox |
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Homeless alcoholics face a wait of up to four
months to access detox treatment because there is inadequate
funding to extend the service [Drugs.ie, Ireland] |
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Mexican
drug wars worry some Americans |
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The prospect that America's southern neighbour
could melt into lawlessness provides an unexpected challenge
to Barack Obama's new government [The Age, Australia] |
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John
Della Bosca says some alcohol advertising is hamrful to young |
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Approximately 264 young Australians between
the age of 15-24 die every year as the result of risky alcohol
consumption [The Australian] |
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