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February 2011

February 28, 2011: PREDICT RELAPSE IN ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT PATIENTS
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Advances in technology show that, with chronic alcoholism, the brain’s grey matter shrinks and the volume is linked to relapse. Even newer cutting-edge research predicts the length of time it takes for recently-abstinent patients to relapse. Add this knowledge to...

February 28, 2011: THE POLITICS OF DRUGS RESEARCH:
Comments: 2 | Categories: Policies, legislation , Research
A JOURNEY INTO THE COLD There is a secret controversy in the world of drugs policy – the relationship between science and politics, specifically researchers’ experience of undertaking studies which bring them into conflict with public-sector officials and others in...

February 14, 2011: £570MILLION - BUT NOT FOR DRUG STRATEGY GOAL
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"The longer he is in Downing Street, the more aware the prime minister is becoming of the forces that can thwart progress... every attempt at reform has to fight its way past vested interests and the forces of bureaucratic inertia,"...