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The
tragic costs of skunk dependency |
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Letters [Observer, UK] |
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Scottish
jails 'awash' with drugs |
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Drugs are seized in Scottish jails almost five
times a day on average, according to official figures [BBC, UK] |
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Briefing:
Prison overcrowding |
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The overcrowding means that prison authorities
cannot stamp out smuggling of drugs and mobile phones, and can’t
even keep rival gangsters apart [Times, UK] |
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Binge-drink
women strain NHS |
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The number of women being admitted to hospital
for alcohol poisoning has almost doubled in the past five years,
according to official statistics that suggest binge-drinking
is placing acute pressures on the NHS [Observer, UK] |
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Gillian
Bowditch: A single shot won’t cure our drink problem |
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Alcoholism is so ingrained in our culture policies
taking in the drink and health lobbies’ ideas are vital
[Times, UK] |
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That’s
the community spirit |
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These days, it’s far cheaper to buy alcohol
in supermarkets to drink at home than it is to visit the local
boozer [Times, UK] |
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Ban
alcohol in binge towns |
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Drinking blackspots will be subjected to prohibition-style
laws under a radical proposal by the country’s top liver
doctor [Daily Express, UK] |
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Labour
supports SNP bid to call time on cheap booze |
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Labour leader Iain Gray is supporting the nationalists’ plan
to outlaw the promotion of low-cost alcohol by supermarkets [Times,
UK] |
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Government
of Canada Works with British Columbia to Help Prevent Young
People from Taking Illicit Drugs |
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The Government of Canada is supporting projects
under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund that will
strengthen drug prevention among youth in British Columbia [Health
Canada] |
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Anti-Drug
Effort at Border Is Readied |
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President Obama is finalizing plans to move
federal agents, equipment and other resources to the border with
Mexico to support Mexican President Felipe Calderón's
campaign against violent drug cartels [Washington Post, USA] |
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Commission
on Narcotic Drugs puts drug control in the context of security,
health and development |
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The 52nd session of the United Nations Commission
on Narcotic Drugs (CND) wrapped up its annual session on 20th
in Vienna with a range of decisions to strengthen drug control
[UNODC] |
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Envoy
damns US Afghan drug effort |
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US efforts to eradicate opium poppy crops in
Afghanistan have been "wasteful and ineffective", the
US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan says [BBC, UK] |
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