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Drug use in France

Drug use, smoking and alcohol: What is happening in France?
A recent survey on drug use, alcohol and smoking run in March of 2011 by the French Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction revealed very interesting results regarding the addictions of French young people. The French Observatory interviewed 32.000 17 year olds, asking them about their levels of drug use, including levels of alcohol and smoke. The most important results of the survey were the following:
- Alcohol, cigarette and cannabis were by far the substances mostly preferred by the  17 year olds in 2011.

    The real link between drug use and sex work

    In popular consciousness, sex work is often blamed on drug use. One common view is that the drug dealer who approaches a young and innocent girl, makes her addicted to drugs and pushes her into sex work. Another stereotype is that drugs bear the responsibility for making women vulnerable to the sex-work industry. Most people tend to think that one of the strongest reasons why women start sex-working is because they want to fund their drug habits, once they become addicted.

      Out Loud: voices from Lebanon (part 1)

      My experience with drugs started first while I was in Saudi Arabia. And even though alcohol was very expensive to buy, Hashish was rather common and cheap. Almost everyone that I knew smoked hashish or had at least tried it at some point. Being a foreigner, I used to live in a compound where there was no police present, making it much easier to get the hashish. So all that it took was some peer pressure from those around me and my desire and curiosity to live my life and try new things for me to start smoking Hashish.

        An interview with Carl Hart

        Carl Hart, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at Columbia University in New York. Dr. Hart has conducted extensive research on the relationship between drugs, neurobiology, and the environment and has specifically done considerable research on adolescent drug use. This is an unedited version with Dr. Hart conducted over email:

          "Cocaine for beggars" in Russia

          They call it "cocaine for beggars" - cheap synthetic drugs which flooded streets of many cities of Russia.

            Церковь и снижение вреда в Великобритании

            Во время моей недавней поездки в Лондон, я специально поехала посмотреть на работу «Калейдоскопа». Едва переступив порог, я сразу почувствовала себя как дома – в приемной со мной поздоровались по-русски. Оказалось, что молодой ресепшионист-англичанин некоторое время проработал в Украине и неплохо выучил язык. Ощущение домашнего уюта не покидало меня и позже, на протяжении всего визита. Да и сама работа «Калейдоскопа» произвела на меня огромное впечатление.

              Тестирование детей на наркотики

              Уже со следующего учебного года тестирование школьников на наркотики может стать обязательным. Об этой инициативе рассказал главный нарколог страны Евгений Брюн.
              "На каждый наркотик есть свой тест. Есть наиболее распространенные наркотики, которые подростки и молодежь принимают – примерно шесть наименований. На них и будут тесты. Тут используется две методики. Одна методика перехватывает 2-3 дня. Это тест-полоски по моче".

                Organization of American States Report on Drug Courts

                A recent report carried out by the Organization of American States aimed to assess the effectiveness of Drug Treatment Courts in 12 countries already using them as an alternative to incarceration. The main aim of the report was to assess the impact the drugs courts are having on their local communities and to identify any lessons that can be learnt by those considering using similar methods to deal with drug-related crime.

                  The need for a lenient approach to drugs in sport

                  An intriguing discussion has been taking place this week about the role of recreational drugs in sport. The player’s unions representing footballers and cricketers in England have called for recreational drugs to be removed from the World anti-doping Agency prohibited list. This call has been followed by one of the unions representing Australian sportsmen who have also come out against the World Anti-Doping Agency’s stance on recreational drugs.

                    Drug use rates in Scotland at all time high

                     

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