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Daily
Dose sponsorship - an attractive "New DDeal" |
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Wired In, via our charity Wired International
Ltd., is looking for financial sponsorship to help us maintain
and further develop Daily Dose during the period April 1st 2009
to March 31st 2010. Please click on the headline to read more
about our new sponsorship deal and click here to
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A
review of MDMA ('ecstasy'), its harms and classification under
the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (2009) |
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The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
considers that a review of MDMA would be timely given: that there
is a greater body of scientific evidence now available since
the ACMD’s last advice to Ministers; the further information
available on current use; and the length of time since the ACMD
last provided advice to Ministers. 49-page PDF [Advisory Council
on the Misuse of Drugs, Home Office, UK] |
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The
harmful health effects of recreational ecstasy: a systematic
review of observational evidence |
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Recreational use of ecstasy is associated with
long-term deficits in neurocognitive function, particularly verbal
memory, but the effect may be small. Ecstasy rarely causes death
in isolation but a range of acute harms are reported, in particular
hyperthermia and hyponatraemia. Full
PDF [Health Technology Assessment, UK] |
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HoC
Welfare Reform Bill Committee - video |
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To take evidence on the Bill from:The Royal
Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) and Oldham
Metropolitan Borough Council Drugscope (starts 1hr 25mins) [Parliament,
UK] |
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Welfare
Reform Bill |
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Hansard record of the evidence session for
the Committee considering the Welfare Reform Bill [Parliament,
UK] |
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Opinions
on the impact of alcohol on individuals and communities |
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Early summary findings from the North West
Big Drink Debate 13-page PDF [Centre for Public Health, UK] |
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Adult
psychiatric morbidity in England, 2007 |
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Results of a household survey 274-page PDF
[The Information Centre, NHS, UK] |
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Drugs
and Democracy: toward a paradigm shift |
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The proposals presented in this Statement represent
an in-depth paradigm shift in the strategy to deal with the drug
problem in Latin America. 12-page PDF [Latin American Commission
on Drugs and Democracy] |
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The
NSDUH Report: Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain
Relievers: 2002 to 2007 |
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The rate of past month nonmedical use of pain
relievers did not differ significantly between 2002 and 2007
among the overall general population aged 12 and older but did
differ by age group during this period [SAMHSA, USA] |
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Detoxification
and Substance Abuse Treatment Training Manual |
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Based on a Treatment Improvement Protocol,
TIP 45. 94-page PDF [SAMHSA, USA] |
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A
decade of broken promises |
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The 1998 state tobacco settlement ten years
later : a report on the states' allocation of the tobacco settlement
dollars. 142-page PDF [Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, USA] |
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Get
smart about drugs |
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A resource for parents [DEA, USA] |
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Drug
Use and HIV risk among young people in sub-Saharan Africa |
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This report describes the results of an exploratory
study commissioned by STOP AIDS NOW! in order to explore current
developments regarding HIV and drug use in the sub-Saharan region.
37-page PDF [Stop Aids Now] |
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