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		<title>links for 2009-07-16</title>
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Child drug overdoses up 14 per cent in four years &#8211; Children &#38; Young People Now
The number of children being admitted to hospital as a result of drug poisoning has increased by 14 per cent in the past four years, figures obtained by CYP Now show.
(tags: hospital overdoses)


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		<title>The advice needs of young people ? the evidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure that readers won&#8217;t need reminding that last year&#8217;s review of drug and alcohol education recognised the importance of IAG and said:
Since April 2008, responsibility for the Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) delivered to young people through the Connexions service has transferred to Local Authorities and the Government has issued new Quality Standards for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3103&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>European Social Norms Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Peer in Belgium for sending me the link to the Social Norms Forum&#8217;s website.
For those of us interested in the use of social norms there&#8217;s an useful account of a meeting held back in March.
I was particularly taken by some of the learning shared by John McAlaney, from Bradford University.  The report [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3102&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Substance use and abuse among lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths: The role of rejection to disclosure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brief Addication Science Information Source (BASIS) blog has an interesting overview focusing on the risks around drugs for&#160; lesbian, gay and bisexual young people.
They say that this group report higher use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs than their peers and suggest that one risk factor is
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		<title>Protecting Young People from Alcohol Related Harm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve seen before that working to reduce underage purchasing of alcohol has a reasonable track record, although evidence suggests that unless it&#8217;s sustained things go back to the status quo reasonably quickly.
So this study, Protecting Young People from Alcohol Related Harm by The Local Better Regulation Office is worth a look.
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		<title>Alcohol intoxication and mental health among adolescents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health have published a paper on the links between mental health and alcohol misuse based on a Norwegian study.
They have published the whole paper as part of their Open Access policy.
The researchers believe that they can show a link between conduct and attention problems and frequent drinking. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3099&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Cup of Chocolate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video isn&#8217;t exactly aimed at children and young people, but it&#8217;s an interesting take on talking about addiction from the Cumbria Users Project.
More on how it was developed in Drink and Drugs News.



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		<title>Drug Test Your Kids? (2)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The News of the World follows it&#8217;s sister paper the Times in reporting the marketing (presumably largely via mentions in newspapers) of drug testing kits to parents.
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They do a classic balancing act by getting one person to set out the case for and another to argue against their use.
Setting out the case for drug testing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3097&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>links for 2009-07-14</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Portman Group slams “out of touch” charity
The Portman Group chief executive David Poley says it is “inevitable” that children will be exposed to some ads unless there is a complete ban.
He claims the current system of calculating the age profile of viewers is a “more reliable” way of deciding if a programme should carry advertising [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3096&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Norman Lamb MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Yorkshire Post, Norman Lamb MP, the Liberal Democrat&#8217;s health spokesman, argues that drug policy isn&#8217;t being as effective as it should be.
In respect to children and young people he says:
Just like every other parent, I fear the harm that drugs could do. Every caring parent warns their child about the dangers of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3095&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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