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Study Finds Legalizing Marijuana In California Would Lower The Price Of The Drug And Increase Use

Friday, July 9, 2010

Legalizing the production and distribution of marijuana in California could cut the price of the drug by as much as 80 percent and increase consumption, according to a new study by the nonprofit RAND Corporation that examines many issues raised by proposals to legalize marijuana in the state…

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Scotland’s minimum pricing divides health committe; alcohol report recommends caffeine limit in alcoholic drinks

Sunday, May 30, 2010

The Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee agreed that the country’s alcohol problem must be addressed as it reviews the latest stage of the Alcohol Bill , but is divided on whether minimum pricing should be adopted as key measure – BBC report here .

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More Evidence Low-Moderate Alcohol Consumption Does Not Impair Vitamin D Status In Women

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

For as long as our ancestors have been drawing pictograms or writing prose about food and culture, humans have been imbibing various forms of alcohol.

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Jobs: Strategic Alcohol Lead, Essex

Thursday, February 4, 2010

The Guardian jobs site has advertised the position of Strategic Alcohol Lead for Essex County Council: 'Working on behalf of the Essex Drug and Alcohol Partnership (EDAP), you will play a significant role in establishing a County-wide approach to the issue of alcohol misuse in relation to crime and disorder, harm reduction, treatment and public health. You will work with Stakeholders to maximise the potential for joint planning, working and funding across the Partnership in order to establish a coordinated and integrated approach across the County that meets local need and contributes to County and District Strategic Priorities.

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Mapping the world drug problem: Science and politics in the United Nations drug control system

Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was formed in 1946 as the United Nations’ central policy-making body in matters relating to drugs: it “analyses the world drug situation and develops proposals to strengthen the international drug control system to combat the world drug problem.” (CND website, http://www.unodc.org/unodc/commissions/CND/01-its-mandate-and-functions.html accessed 09.10.09). It is the form that this analysis takes, and the information upon which it is based, which provide the objects of discussion for this editorial

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Risk environments and drug harms: A social science for harm reduction approach

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Abstract: A ‘risk environment’ framework promotes an understanding of harm, and harm reduction, as a matter of ‘contingent causation’. Harm is contingent upon social context, comprising interactions between individuals and environments.

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