Friday, 20 August 2010 06:42 The British Home Office has restated its position on drugs, after the outgoing president of the Royal College of Physicians Ian Gilmore called for a review of the law. Speaking to the BBC, Sir Ian Gilmore said that the present policy of prohibition is not a success. Responding to Sir [...]
Read more...The journalist who chose the headline would have known that ‘Cold Turkey’ implies a harsh treatment. Using residential rehabs to help those addicted to recover may be tough but it is not inhumane – and far better than allowing drug dependents to languish for years in addiction to methadone….. The great sadness is the number [...]
Read more...An online survey of 27,000 U.K. teens found that many were well aware of the risks associated with marijuana use, including panic attacks and paranoia, the BBC reported Aug. 6. 2009The survey from the U.K. antidrug group Frank found that 74 percent of teens acknowledged at least some of the drawbacks of using marijuana; [...]
Read more..."When representing a cause (almost) lost, sound your trumpet, mount your steed and go for the very last charge, failing which you will die of sad old age in the depths of the forgotten fortess, no longer besieged because life has abandoned it for greener pastures."
Jean Raspail
From the website of jeanraspail.net
"Universal prevention initiatives are important elements of a comprehensive prevention strategy that should include selective and indicated prevention initiatives as well. In order to prevent the development of dependence you need all three - and you cannot do without universal prevention. Norms, attitudes, availability are important risk factors for developing drug use problems as well as neighbourhood disorganization and weak family bonds."
Christina Gynna, Deputy National Drugs Policy Co-ordinator, Sweden,
at the ICAA conference in Budapest, 24 October 2005
In watching the slideshow below, you will need to have patience. This is because it takes around six seconds for each successive image to appear. But it is worth waiting for – so stick with it!
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