Homeless addicts 'drugs bus' plan
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Drugs charities in Cardiff want to operate a bus to allow heroin addicts to inject in 'safe, clean' conditions.
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The staff at the Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse knows many of the homeless men and women who roam Boston's streets once served in the armed forces. For years, the small Roxbury nonprofit has helped by finding them jobs.
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Barcelona is planning a pilot scheme to decide whether cannabis can be used to help patients with painful illnesses.
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Some people can live a normal life while regularly taking heroin, according to researchers in Glasgow.
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An Ogden hospital is setting up a new treatment program to serve a rapidly rising number of young adults abusing prescription drugs.
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OTTAWA -- The federal government&#39;s drug-benefit program is wasting tens of millions of dollars and is open to potential abuse by individuals seeking narcotics to feed their addiction and possibly trade and sell them on the black market, states Auditor
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By Herman Wang, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 8--Members of a committee studying Mayor Ron Littlefield's proposed  homeless services center said they want more definitive answers on what the  facility will contain.
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Drug users seeking help to quit their habit face a "postcode lottery" of care, a watchdog has said.
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a long-term plan to battle homelessness Sunday, saying the problem affected one in 200 Australians and was getting worse.
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By Susan E. White, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 9--VIRGINIA BEACH -- A former skating rink near College Park could soon become subsidized apartments for homeless adults.
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Highlights of a Jan. 1 law to authorize all state courts to create drug and sobriety courts: -- Defines drug treatment courts as a &quot;court-supervised treatment program for individuals who abuse or are dependent upon any controlled substance or alcohol.
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Living in Afghanistan, the world's unrivalled producer of heroin, Faqirullah has no problem finding drugs to feed his habit. What concerns him is getting the cash to buy them.
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The government is to run a pilot scheme giving convicted paedophiles drugs to suppress their libido, or so-called &quot;chemical castration,&quot; Home Secretary John Reid said Wednesday.
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Plans for a national support network for runaway children in England are to be announced by ministers.
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A groundbreaking California program designed to get drug abusers the medical help they need and alleviate strain on the state&#39;s prison system faced challenges in its first six months, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK -- If you can't beat it, tax it. That seems to be the axiom in New York these days, where Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer (D), struggling to close a $4.4 billion budget gap, has proposed making drug dealers pay tax on their stashes of illegal drugs. The new tax would apply to cocaine, heroin and...
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The war on drugs is high on Labour&#39;s latest agenda. A new report will make sobering reading. By Sophie Goodchild and Andrew Johnson.