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Pink ecstasy pills warning after Stirling teen's death
Drug users are being warned about a batch of ecstasy tablets circulating in central Scotland after the death of a 17-year-old boy | BBC, UK
Pseudoephedrine- and ephedrine-containing medicines
2011 review of actions to manage the risk of misuse PDF | MHRA, UK
Addiction: a complex disorder
Addiction is often misunderstood and stigmatised by the public and doctors alike, and, as a result, is often undertreated | The Lancet, UK
Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy (MESAS)
A portfolio of evaluation studies led by NHS Health Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government (2010-2015) - Report and briefing paper | Health Scotland, UK
Adult Scots buy 23% more alcohol than other UK adults
The NHS Health Scotland report said that percentage represented the biggest difference recorded during the 17 years of measuring the gap | BBC, UK
Alcohol dependence and harmful alcohol use quality standard
This quality standard covers the care of children (aged 10-15 years), young people (aged 16-17 years) and adults (aged 18 years and over) drinking in a harmful way and those with alcohol dependence in all NHS-funded settings | NICE, UK
David Foxcroft talks about his Cochrane Review on alcohol-misuse prevention programmes in schools
David Foxcroft has recorded a short podcast about the Cochrane review he and Alexander Tsertsvadze recently had published looking at alcohol-misuse prevention programmes in schools | Drug Education Forum, UK
Glasgow declares war on culture of excessive drinking
A "zero tolerance" crackdown on alcohol abuse has been launched in Glasgow that will see nightclubs run sobering chill-out hours before closing and the introduction of a special bus in which drunks can sleep off a binge | The Scotsman, UK
Grassroots recovery: pockets of growth in barren ground
The oft-quoted recovery researcher, writer and advocate William White interviewed Laura Graham about UK grassroots recovery support and advocacy.Our definitive guide offers a wealth of resources | Addiction Today, UK
HIV efforts 'woefully inadequate' in UK
Its report says the number of people in the UK being treated for the illness trebled in the past decade and almost 100,000 people will have HIV by 2012 | BBC, UK
Drug reform in jail: the pointy end of policymaking
The majority of prison inmates in Australia have a history of illicit drug use. Most detainees in the ACT report that their prison sentence was related to drugs. So why would you change the law to enable them to inject illegal substances? | ABC News, Australia
Buprenorphine with naloxone (Suboxone Sublingual Film) for opiate dependence
Buprenorphine-with-naloxone sublingual film can be prescribed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for opiate dependence from 1 September 2011 | National Prescribing Service, Australia
Councils fearful of enforcing alcohol confiscation laws
Wwestern Sydney councils are pushing back against laws that give them the power to confiscate alcohol from drunk and disorderly people | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
UN says heroin addiction treatment should be based on substitute prescribing
Unequivocal backing from UN agencies for methadone and other forms of long term maintenance treatments as the prime modality for the treatment of dependence on heroin and allied drugs. In contrast say international experts, detoxification results in poor long term outcomes | Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK