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Daily
Demise |
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Unless there is an upturn in our search for
sponsorship then Daily Dose will cease publication at
the end of the month [Editor] |
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United
Nations drug policy review: Out of ideas and out of touch |
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As political leaders from around the world
gather in Vienna on 11-12 March to review the last decade of
international drug control, and set a framework for the next
ten years with the signing of a Political Declaration, any hopes
for progress or a new pragmatism in approaches to the world drug
problem are fading fast [IDPC,
TNI/UNGASS] |
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Coherence
Not Denial |
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Alone among UN agencies, CND continues
to block support for harm reduction [Coherence Not Denial, TNI/UNGASS] |
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UN
Commission on Narcotic Drugs to review effectiveness of drug
control |
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The effectiveness of drug control will be the
focus of the 52nd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
(CND), which will meet in Vienna from 11 to 20 March [UNODC] |
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The
impact of worker values on client outcomes within a drug treatment
service |
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From England, findings suggesting the intriguing
but for the moment tentative possibility that non-conformist
drug workers who value hedonism and stimulation help socially
excluded clients improve most because their values match those
of their clients [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK] |
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UKDPC
Special Edition of 'Safer Communities' |
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Features a paper by US academics Jonathan Caulkins
and Peter Reuter 'Towards a harm-reduction approach to enforcement'
followed by responses from four different perspectives. 44-page
PDF [UKDPC] |
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The
other half of the equation: employers’ readiness to recruit
problem drug users |
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Argues that more attention needs to be given
to addressing employers' concerns about risks associated with
hiring recovering drug users and challenging negative stereotypes
and stigma if ambitions to get this group back to work are to
be realised. 6-page PDF [UKDPC] |
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Road
Safety Compliance Consultation November 2008: Drug Driving |
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A response from the [UK Drug Policy Commission] |
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This
is an emergency |
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With his wife being accused of exploiting her
son's drug problem in her new book, Jonathan Myerson speaks out
for the ?rst time to reveal why the story had to be told [Guardian,
UK] |
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Big
rise in cannabis 'factories' |
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A big increase over the past five years in
the number of "cannabis factories" discovered by police
has been revealed in figures obtained by [BBC, UK] |
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Confidential
records turnaround following RCN pressure |
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The Government has announced that it intends
to drop proposals which may have allowed them to access medical
records [RCN, UK] |
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So
why do we still smoke? |
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But while seven out of 10 of today's smokers
want to stop, the rate of decline has flattened in the past decade,
revealing a core of hardened smokers who cannot or will not quit.
Are they just plain stupid? The picture is more complex – with
a mix of the following factors keeping this minority puffing
[Independent, UK] |
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New Edition
of The Tobacco Atlas Catalogues Catastrophic Toll of Tobacco
Worldwide |
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The American Cancer Society and the World Lung
Foundation publish The Tobacco Atlas, Third Edition [Tobacco
Atlas] |
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$1.2
Million In Mentoring Grants Available To 16 American Communities |
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The White House Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP), in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced the availability
of up to $1.2 million for new Drug-Free Communities Support Mentoring
Program (DFC Mentoring) grants [ONDCP, USA] |
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Drug
Research and the Recovery Act of 2009 |
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What's in the budget for addiction scientists?
[Addiction Inbox, USA] |
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New
Web Site Helps Predict Alcohol Problems |
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A new government Web site called "Rethinking
Drinking" aims to help people recognize problem patterns
earlier and catch themselves before they fall [Wall Street
Journal, USA] |
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More
Health Experts Back Action on Alcopops |
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On one side of this debate are health experts
and the Rudd Government. On the other side, the Liberals and
the alcopops industry remain sadly united, determined to protect
the industry’s profits at the expense of our young people
[Department of Health, Australia] |
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Drinkers
'turning to stronger alcohol' |
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The government's tax on ready-to-drink (RTD)
alcopops has simply pushed drinkers onto stronger forms of spirits,
liquor company Independent Distillers says [The Age, Australia] |
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Afghanistan's
Drug Culture, A Way Forward |
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The phenomenal growth of Afghanistan's opium
production over the past seven years is a sign of the monumental
failure of the Karzai government [Ariana, Afghanistan] |
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