National drug strategy urged
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VANCOUVERâWhile acknowledging that a national pharmacare plan is still years away, Canada&#39;s health ministers insist lower prescription drug costs are coming sooner.
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A report is expected to say a radical new approach is needed if drug laws are to work in the UK.
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By Longpre, Marc  NEW YORK: The Partnership for a Drug-Free America announced last week it will launch its "Time to Talk" campaign in August - the first in a series of initiatives designed to provide parents with information to speak to their children about the health dangers ot drugs.
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Campaigners demanded yesterday that more psychological therapies be made available on the NHS after a study showed that Britain leads the world in prescribing antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs to children.
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Some want tighter control of ads, in part to stem overuse of pills.
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Laws covering cannabis may be toughened up as part of review of the UK's drugs strategy, Gordon Brown says.
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A major campaign is  launched across the west of Scotland to target drug-drivers.
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Speakers at a workshop yesterday called for reviewing the &#39;1996 national policy document&#39; on HIV/Aids and other STD related issues as well as the role of Narcotics Control Act and related legislation.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Nova Scotia's auditor general is calling for improvements to the province's costly prescription drug programs.
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U.S. lawmakers and health officials  are moving to give more independence to an office that reviews  drug safety, but some experts say ensuring medicines are  studied after they hit the market is more important than the  bureaucratic pecking order.
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Changing his stance, PGA commissioner Tim Finchem is calling on golf to come up with a universal policy to test for performance-enhancing drugs.
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Director of National Drug Control Policy John Walters is launching a new campaign urging teens to âsteer clear of pot.â. illegal drug can impair drivers just as much as drinking alcohol.
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Washington --- The Food and Drug Administration, accused in recent weeks of being cozy with the pharmaceutical industry, must open its practices to greater public scrutiny, says a top official of the agency&#39;s besieged Office of New Drugs.
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&quot;We are losing a lot of women. It&#39;s not fair for them to die when the drugs are there but they can&#39;t get access to them.
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The medical industry will today call on the government to spend more on innovation and new technology for healthcare rather than on increasing bureaucracy in the National Health Service.
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The issue of drug advertising directly aimed at consumers is becoming political.
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Our position is: Greater drug safety needs to be coupled with awareness that some risk is inherent in medicine. When it comes to assurances of drug safety, consumers would be advised to heed George Bernard Shaw&#39;s warning to beware of what they wish for.