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Undertaking
a PhD in substance misuse: a one-day national symposium |
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The aim of the symposium is to bring together
PhD students from a range of disciplines and Universities to
share their knowledge and experiences and to discuss and debate
addiction-related issues. Wednesday, 8th July 2009 [School of
Health and Social Care, Oxford Brookes University, UK] |
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First
'talking therapies' toolkit for drugs workers |
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A new guide launched today aims to help drugs
workers make better use of ‘talking therapies’ to
support drug misusers overcoming dependency [NTA, UK] |
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Psychosocial
interventions for drug misuse |
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A framework and toolkit for implementing NICE-recommended
treatment interventions 79-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
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Psychosocial
tools |
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Listing [NTA, UK] |
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Positive
Futures in Leeds |
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The work of the Positive Futures programme
in Leeds is highlighted in a new video on our YouTube channel
[Home Office, UK] |
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False
Pride |
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It seems as if the NTA's obsession with numbers
treated, rather than treatment outcomes could be a contributory
factor to the spread of blood born disease. Continuing debate
- Peter O'Loughlin [Medical News Today, UK] |
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Report
on Global Illicit Drug Markets 1998-2007 |
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This report on the world’s illicit drugs
markets has been produced by an international team of experts
on behalf of the European Commission. 74-page PDF [Europa] |
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Cannabinoid
hyperemesis syndrome |
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Clinical diagnosis of an underrecognised manifestation
of chronic cannabis abuse [World Journal of Gastroenterology] |
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Scots
and Irish at greater risk of drink-related death, study shows |
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Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales
are twice as high among people born in Scotland or Ireland compared
with the rest of the population, a study has shown [EurekAlert,
UK] |
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Homeless
alcoholics can't just quit |
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Managing alcohol addiction, including free
drinks, has worked wonders - and shows why we must treat addictions
equally [Ottawa Citizen, Canada] |
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Police
propose change to drug strategy |
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Plan calls for seizing narcotics, but not prosecuting
low-level offenders in Downtown Eastside [Vancouver Sun, Canada] |
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Modafinil
May Be Addictive |
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NIDA study casts doubt on safety of “brain
booster” drug [Addiction Inbox, USA] |
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Dispensers
of Marijuana Find Relief in Policy Shift |
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Mr. Holder’s statement that he would
not authorize raids on medical marijuana dispensaries appeared
to shift Justice Department policy, at least rhetorically, away
from the Bush administration’s stated policy of zero tolerance
for marijuana, regardless of state laws [New York Times, USA] |
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Naltrexone
clinic wins govt funding |
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The Fresh Start Recovery Program, pioneered
by Dr George O’Neil, has been calling for at least $1million
in extra funding for months [Perth Now, Australia] |
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Inquiry
shows petrol sniffing success but further work needed |
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The Australian Greens today welcomed the report
of the Senate Inquiry into petrol sniffing, saying Opal has made
a huge difference in central Australia and that Governments must
remain committed to addressing petrol sniffing [AHHA, Australia] |
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$1.6
billion hole after alcopop tax fizzles |
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The Government says it will hand back almost
$300 million in revenue to distillers, but the Opposition claims
the money collected over the past year could be quarantined for
alcohol education programs [The Age, Australia] |
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The
war on drugs |
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Steve Rolles of TDPF in conversation with George
Galloway on "The Real Deal" [PRESS TV] |
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UNintended
Consequences - side effects and contra indications of global
prohibition |
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They may be the UNintended consequences of
the drug ‘control’ system, but they show that the
entire prohibitionist apparatus should come with an explicit
health warning [TDPF, UK] |
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IHRA's
statement at the CND plenary session on demand reduction |
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The statement delivered by IHRA's Deputy Director,
Rick Lines, at the CND plenary session yesterday [IHRA] |
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CND
Day 4 |
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Statement of Human Rights Watch at the supply
reduction plenary [CNDBlog] |
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A
portable laboratory in a briefcase |
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To conduct spot checks, UNODC has developed
field test-kits "in a briefcase". "UNODC test
kits are intended to provide law enforcement officers with rapid
and simple colour tests for the preliminary field identification
of drugs and precursors most commonly encountered in the illicit
traffic"[UNODC] |
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