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CRUCIAL STUDY DELIVERS MIXED SCORECARD FOR DRUG TREATMENT IN ENGLAND
For drug treatment in England, studies do not get any more important than this - the first national
reassessment for over 10 years. A year after starting treatment, drug use, crime and health risk
behaviour were all down, but quality of life gains were minor compared to treatment costs.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Jones_A_4.txt
YOUTH ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN BOOMERANGED SAY OFFICIAL EVALUATORS
Could the biggest ever media campaign by the US government aiming to turn US youth away from
cannabis actually have done the reverse? At best it was a disappointment; at worst, it
counterproductively fostered the impression that cannabis use was commonplace and hard to resist.
Our analysis probes for reasons why the campaign might have failed.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Hornik_R_5.txt
US EXPERTS RECOMMEND ALCOHOL TAX RISES AS AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURE
High on the UK pre-election policy agenda, alcohol tax rises have now been reviewed and accepted by
a national panel of US experts as a major public health measure to curb excessive alcohol use and
related harms. Politicians remain wary for reasons which cannot just be dismissed as populism.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Elder_RW_2.txt
US TASK FORCE SAYS CUTTING ALCOHOL OUTLETS IMPROVES PUBLIC HEALTH
The review which led a national US task force to recommend limiting the concentration of retail
alcohol outlets as an important public health measure to curb excessive alcohol use and related
harms. In much of the UK licensing law severely limits the scope for action.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Campbell_CA_1.txt
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