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Using Harm To Classify Drugs, UK
27 Mar 2007 at 12:00pm
A new study published in the Lancet proposes that drugs should be classified by the amount of harm that they do, rather than the current A, B, and C divisions used in the UK Misuse of Drugs Act. The new scientifically-based ranking places alcohol and tobacco amongst the most damaging of substances. These socially accepted drugs were judged to be more harmful than cannabis, and more dangerous than the Class A drugs LSD and ecstasy. [click link for full article]
Substance Use A Major Burden Of Disease For Adolescents - The Lancet Adolesce…
27 Mar 2007 at 4:00am
Death, injury and illness caused by substance use are among the top ten contributors to global disease burden measured in disability-adjusted life-years - what was once seen by many in developing countries as the disease of industrialised nations is now a worldwide trend. Alcohol alone contributed to 27% of all deaths involving 15-29-year-olds in economically developed countries in 2002, and illicit drugs a further 4%. [click link for full article]
Substance Abuse And Teenage Pregnancies Could Be Reduced By Improving School …
27 Mar 2007 at 4:00am
Improving the institutional culture (ethos) of schools in the UK may help reduce substance abuse and teenage pregnancies, says an article in this week's BMJ.Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour say that substance misuse and teenage pregnancy are major public health challenges and argue that existing responses to these issues seem to have brought about only limited benefits. [click link for full article]
Girls With Early Puberty, Older Boyfriends At Greater Risk For Drugs, Sex, Al…
25 Mar 2007 at 3:00am
Teenaged girls who mature physically sooner than their peers and who also have a romantic partner at least two years older have a higher risk for substance abuse, sex and a combination of sex and drug use, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. "Adolescent girls and boys all are at risk for experimenting with sex, alcohol and drugs," said Carolyn Tucker Halpern, associate professor of maternal and child health in the UNC School of Public Health. [click link for full article]
Scientists Say UK Drug Classification System Is Flawed
23 Mar 2007 at 1:00pm
A new UK study suggests that the current UK drug classification system of A, B, and C of the Misuse of Drugs Act is flawed and should be replaced by an evidence-based system of potential harm that would place alcohol and tobacco higher than cannabis and ecstasy.The study is published in The Lancet. [click link for full article]

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