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WITH ice addiction declared a public health crisis, the Government’s proposed drug-testing trial of welfare recipients couldn’t come at a better time.
Methamphetamine-related deaths have doubled in Australia in just six years, according to new findings by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
Back in May, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull defended the controversial trial by saying: “If you love somebody who is addicted to drugs, don’t you want to get them off drugs?”
Naturally, but the fact is that addicts won’t seek treatment or be motivated to change unless they see a reason to do so. For more http://www.couriermail.com.au/rendezview/drugtesting-new-welfare-recipients-is-a-good-idea/news-story/6ad567c144493873efc305f89ca5bbd5
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​Faces and Voices of Recovery UK Annual Conference 2017
Fri 8 Sep 2017 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Salvation Army Citadel Raikes Parade Blackpool FY1 4EL.
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Faces and Voices of Recovery UK annual conference 2017
(In partnership with the University of Chester)
Friday September 8th 2017
Salvation Army
Citadel Raikes
Parade Blackpool
FY1 4EL
\”Our recovery stories have power and hope\”
When people share their recovery stories, it helps others to see that they\’re not alone. They can help convince the man or woman who is still sick to take the leap of faith and be inspired to try recovery for themselves. This year\’s conference will feature 11 inspirational recovery stories of power and hope. The conference will also include sessions by academics explaining why narrative and ethnographic research approaches are essential for treatment services, commissioners and policy makers to better understand what support individuals suffering with addiction need for long term recovery.
9.30-10.00 Registration & coffee
10.00 Official welcome (Shughie Morrison)
10.05 Official opening (Jane Winehouse)
10.25 Introduction to the day — Chair (Tony Mercer, Public Health England)
10.30 Recovery narratives — an academic perspective (Mark Gilman, Discovering Health)
10.50 Telling our stories — an advocacy perspective (Annemarie Ward, FAVORUK)
11.10 \”Our recovery stories have power and hope\” speakers
- Speaker 1
- Speaker 2
11.40-12.10 Break
12.10-1.10 \”Our recovery stories have power and hope\” speakers
- Speaker 3
- Speaker 4
- Speaker 5
- Speaker 6
1.10 -2.10 Lunch
2.10 \”Our recovery stories have power and hope\” speakers
- Speaker 7
- Speaker 8
2.40 Narratives of Recovery from North Wales (Wendy Dossett, University of Chester)
3.00 \”Our recovery stories have power and hope\” speakers
- Speaker 9
- Speaker 10
3.30 Activism and the Academy: An Ethnography of the UK National Recovery Walk (Liam Metcalf-White, University of Chester)
3.50-4.00 Close – Chair
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Owners of a marijuana head shop in Colorado Springs were allegedly running a criminal enterprise that illegally distributed about 200 pounds of marijuana.
Thirteen people have been indicted in connection to the case, including Hoppz\’ Cropz owners Joseph Hopper, Dara Wheatley, Joseph Sergio Crivici and Adam Donaldson.
The Colorado attorney general, flanked by several local law enforcement leaders, announced the indictments Tuesday.
\”They are alleged to have conspired to purchase medical marijuana from licensed facilities and then resell it for profit under the guise of the marijuana being offered as a free giveaway with the purchase of a low-cost item at a dramatically inflated price,\” said Attorney General Cynthia Coffman.
According to Coffman\’s office, one of the techniques they were using to move the marijuana was through selling cheap cigarette lighters at a high price while offering 1 gram of marijuana for free. For example, the shops would sell a lighter for $15 that was only worth 5 cents and then would \”give away\” 1 gram of marijuana for free. The street value of 1 gram of marijuana is about $15. By doing so, the business was evading paying fees regularly associated with retail recreational marijuana dispensary licensure and avoided excise taxes. For more http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Black-market-marijuana-bust-leaves-bruises-on-Colorados-marijuana-industry-436622893.html
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Nelson D. Schwartz
Tuesday, 25 Jul 2017 | 11:53 AM ETThe New York Times
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Just a few miles from where President Trump will address his blue-collar base here Tuesday night, exactly the kind of middle-class factory jobs he has vowed to bring back from overseas are going begging.
It\’s not that local workers lack the skills for these positions, many of which do not even require a high school diploma but pay $15 to $25 an hour and offer full benefits. Rather, the problem is that too many applicants – nearly half, in some cases – fail a drug test.
The fallout is not limited to the workers or their immediate families. Each quarter, Columbiana Boiler, a local company, forgoes roughly $200,000 worth of orders for its galvanized containers and kettles because of the manpower shortage, it says, with foreign rivals picking up the slack. For complete article https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/25/economy-needs-workers-but-drug-tests-take-a-toll.html?__source=Facebook
New Brunswick Medical Society launches campaign cautioning against marijuana use
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The Canadian Press July 24, 2017
FREDERICTON – The president of the New Brunswick Medical Society issued a warning Monday that the coming legalization of marijuana in Canada doesn’t mean that it is safe and the public needs to know the risks of consuming pot.
“There’s somewhat of a normalization around marijuana use and I think some of the public really don’t understand there are significant health concerns associated with marijuana use,” Dr. Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck said Monday.
The medical society is launching a public education campaign on the health risks associated with marijuana consumption, ahead of Ottawa’s commitment to make pot legal across Canada by July 2018.
Murphy-Kaulbeck said too often governments only look at the financial gains without looking at the long-term impact.
“It’s very much like smoking or alcohol – you have your tax and your revenue from that, but down the road there’s great cost that comes with treating all the effects that come from these substances,” she said.
She said the health risks inherent with the use of marijuana are clear, particularly for people under the age of 25, and include addiction, worsening of substance abuse and attention deficits.
“Marijuana use up to that point does have the potential to affect brain development. As well, the research does show the use of marijuana can be related in young people to psychiatric disorders,” she said.
The society has created a new web site – http://www.LegalNotSafe.ca – to highlight the various health impacts associated with marijuana consumption.
The 2017 Drug Strategy
The seven year itch
After seven years, England finally (published on 13 July 2017) has a new Drug Strategy simply, if somewhat strangely entitled “2017 Drug Strategy”. Although some parts of the strategy apply to other parts of Great Britain, the healthcare, education, housing and social care strategies apply only to England and the criminal justice ones only to England and Wales.
The strategy is similar to many of its predecessors and announces no new radical change of direction despite an international growth in opposition to the war in drugs over the last decade with a growing number of countries who have either legalised or are planning to legalise at least cannabis use in some form or other.
Despite calls for drugs to be treated primarily as a health issue, the Home Office retains ownership of the drug strategy and will chair a newmulti-departmental Drug Strategy Board. The strategy says that a new national Recovery Champion will be introduced (which I guess, is the 2017 term for Drug Czar) who will sit on the board with a remit to:
- provide a national leadership role around key aspects of the recovery agenda that support sustained recovery, in partnership with PHE;
- support collaboration between local authorities, public employment services and the Health and Work Programme, housing, criminal justice agencies, and other partners;
- seek to address the stigma faced by people with drug or alcohol dependency issues; and
- act as a ministerial envoy visiting different communities, providers and local recovery champions.
For complete article http://www.russellwebster.com/2017-drug-strategy/
Marijuana use linked to poorer school performance, major new research reveals
Teenagers who started smoking cannabis regularly were likely to be dissuaded from going on to university, despite previous ambitions
Rachael Pells Education Correspondent@rachaelpells Thursday 11 May 2017 11:15 BST
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As many teenagers smoke cannabis as tobacco in Canada, according to researchers Getty
It\’s Time to Hold a SAM Boot Camp!Now that the legislative session is over, it\’s time to start training to continue to beat Big Marijuana and the threat that this industry poses to our kids and communities! We beat pot legalization in every state in 2017 but it\’s time to refresh and learn about new strategies to have another successful 2018!
Here\’s how a SAM Boot Camp in your state can help. We go beyond slogans and cliches to give you a data-driven and tested approach to opposing marijuana legalization. This approach has a proven track record of success, especially in state legislatures.
Also, you get to choose the topics that best fit your state\’s circumstances. These can include:Get Past the Hype & Understand What Is Really Going On with Pot Legalization!There are so many stories and media hype about legalization. SAM\’s Boot Camps help to get past the hype and gives the real story of pot legalization based on the latest data and research.
Topics include cutting-edge studies on the social costs of marijuana legalization and legalization\’s impact on businesses. Learn What to Say and How to Say It!What messages work best? (Hint: they aren\’t always what you might think they are.) Based on years of experience and professional opinion polling, SAM will teach you and your team the messages that have worked best in the field.
Contact SAM now to schedule a SAM Boot Camp so that you can train for success!
Then, we will teach you how to effectively leverage that experience to have the greatest impact in your state!How to Gather More Partners in Your Fight For Health and Safety!Grassroots efforts, combined with the right messages, are what wins this fight! Learn how to gather more partners for your fight against pot legalization and messages that can be used to influence community leaders.Need Something Smaller?SAM also organizes smaller-scale seminars for smaller groups. Book a 1-to-3 hour talk/training/townhall with us — email us today to learn more!
Contact SAM now to schedule a SAM Boot Camp so that you can train for success!
