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SNP booze blitz steams ahead
Ministers are to press ahead with a crackdown on sales of cheap alcohol in a move that could be fast-tracked through Parliament in as little as six months [The Scotsman, UK]
 
Ecstasy debate shouldn't obscure prevention - charity
The ongoing debate on whether to downgrade ecstasy should not obscure the need for education, prevention and treatment, says George Ruston, head of Christian drugs education charity Hope UK [Christian Today, UK]
 
Reply to Mark Easton, BBC
From Professor Andy Parrott, Swansea University, Wales [BBC, UK]
 
A Lost Decade Under the Rockefeller Drug Laws
There is talk of ending the laws ... In February, a state commission recommended allowing judges more leeway to sentence offenders to treatment programs [New York Times, USA]
 
Taking on the drug cartels
The U.S. must take tough action against drug-money laundering and the market for Mexican drug organizations [LA Times, USA]
 
With Force, Mexican Drug Cartels Get Their Way
It was drug traffickers who decided that Chief Roberto Orduña Cruz, a retired army major who had been on the job since May, should go [New York Times, USA]
 
Senate urged to hold firm on alcopops tax
Australia’s leading health experts will launch a national campaign calling on the Senate to ensure alcopops remain costly — a move they say will protect teenagers from the "irretrievable" brain damage, injury and mental illness the controversial drinks cause [The Age, Australia]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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