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August 2008

August 30, 2008: CANNABIS IS STRONGEST PREDICTOR OF LIFETIME ILLICIT DRUG USE
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DATA FROM 1,265 CHILDREN ACROSS 25 YEARS “The use of cannabis in late adolescence and early adulthood is the strongest risk factor for later involvement in other illicit drugs,” confirms a study led by Professor David Fergusson at the Department...

August 26, 2008: “TIMEBOMB GENERATION”:
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TEENAGERS HOOKED ON DRUGS, BINGE-DRINKING, SMOKING AND UNDERAGE SEX, WARN CONSERVATIVES. The scale of the health problems facing youngsters aged 11 to 19 was laid bare perhaps for the first time by official figures from the NHS Information Centre. The...

August 25, 2008: UKESAD 2009 SPEAKERS IMPRISONED
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SIGN PETITION TO FREE IRANIAN DOCTORS Addiction Today's editor was in correpondence with Drs Kamiar and Arash Alaei about their speaking at UKESAD 2008/9, the charity's popular UK/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders. Their presentation was to be about their work...

August 25, 2008: Addiction Today survey: doctors speak out
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A survey of all doctors in private practice across the UK makes heartbreaking reading when it comes to treating people with alcohol and drug problems. Of the first 114+ doctors who responded: 96.5% are currently treating patients with alcohol problems...

August 22, 2008: RECOVERY: A COVETED PRIZE
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“Recovery is a process through which an individual is enabled to move-on from their problem drug use towards a drug-free life and become an active and contributing member of society, states the new Scottish drug policy. Deirdre Boyd applauds it...

August 21, 2008: POLICE CALL FOR REHABS
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Ian Arundale, the new chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police, wants improved rehabilitation services for drug addicts in the force area. “One of the core issues for us is that 60% of the people passing through our custody suites have a...

August 20, 2008: GOVERNMENT ISSUES LATEST FIGURES ON DRUG USE
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The Information Centre for Health and Social Care and the Home Office have released new statistics on trends in drug use. The Information Centre has published Drug use, smoking and drinking among young people in England 2007, an annual survey...

August 19, 2008: TACKLING DRUGS IN PRISON:
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ACTION AFTER ARTICLE IN ISSUE 113 Following Addiction Today’s July article by Huseyin Djemil on drugs in prisons, hand-held mobile phone blockers and body orifice security scanners, such as used in high-security prisons, will be introduced to all prisons next...

August 18, 2008: “SEEK TREATMENT OR LOSE BENEFITS”
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DEADLINE 22 OCTOBER 2008 Here’s a common-sense idea – but the issue, as always, will be how it is implemented, and whether those in charge will prioritise clinical effectiveness and clinical cost-effectiveness over political expediency... A welfare-reform green paper –...