Contents
Chapter 1: Drug issues
Get the facts about drugs
1
Smoking, drinking and drug use: new trends and what they mean
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Statistical news release – drug misuse: findings from the 2014/15 crime survey
5
The Global Drug Survey 2015 findings
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A legal substance does not equate to a safe substance
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What is... over-the-counter medicine misuse?
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Drugs and the brain
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Thousands of children kicked out of school for drink and drugs, says Centre for Social Justice
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More young people turning to teachers for drugs advice
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Two million people misusing prescription drugs to get high, survey reveals
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Anabolic steroids a serious global health problem amid boom in cosmetic use
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Needle and syringe exchanges need to adapt to meet the needs of people who inject steroids and
image-enhancing drugs
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Legal highs are no laughing matter say summer festival organisers
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‘Legal highs’ incidents up more than 150 per cent in a year, say police
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Chapter 2: UK drug laws
Drugs and the law
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Legalising drugs would bring not freedom but enslavement
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Drug penalties
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Drug policy is working – why do we prefer to think otherwise?
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Drugs and driving: the law
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Detox or lose your benefits: new welfare proposals are based on bad evidence and worse ethics
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Drug laws around the world – does anyone get it right?
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Let’s end the war on drugs by making them legal
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Legal highs: which drugs will be banned in the UK?
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Legal highs: regulation won’t work – the only answer lies in prevention
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Chapter 3: Addiction & rehab
What does it mean to have an addiction?
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What is dependence?
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Drug addiction: getting help
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Therapy for children of drug users to be researched for NHS by Scottish university
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Why addiction affects some people but not others
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Is getting teenage kicks today a direct line to drug addiction?
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They think I have a drugs/alcohol problem
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Treatment for drug addiction could be used to tackle sugar addiction, experts say
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Key facts
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Glossary
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Assignments
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Index
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Acknowledgements
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