Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse, The Lancet, 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Potential harm of commonly used drugs based on a study by David Nutt, 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Rideau Canal in summer, just south of Dow's Lake as seen from Carleton University (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Compare this legitimate injection kit obtained from a needle-exchange program to the user-compiled one above. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A clandestine kit containing materials to inject illicit drugs. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A bin allowing for safe disposal of needles in a public toilet in Caernarfon, Wales. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: A injection kit used in harm reduction programs and given to intravenous drug addicts. Svenska: Ett injiceringspaket som används i skadereduktionsprogram och som delas ut till intravenösa missbrukare. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Drug adviser quits over science advice rules

Mar 29, 2010 ... Drug adviser quits over science advice rules ... The guidelines were compiled
following the controversial dismissal of ACMD chairman David ...

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Advice and Dissent

People may argue about whether all drugs should be legalized, but they .... in
Britain, which state that scientific advisers should not be dismissed for public ...

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Daily Kos: UK's Drugs Czar Fired For Marijuana Truths

Nov 1, 2009 ... David Nutt, the British chief drug adviser has been fired because of his ... senior
scientific advisors are set to walk out over the row over drug ...

www.dailykos.com/story/2009/11/01/799446/-UK-rsquo-s-Drugs-Czar-Fired-For-Marijuana-Truths

Nutt dismissal in Britain highlights diverging drug views : Article ...

Nutt dismissal in Britain highlights diverging drug views ... the dismissal of an
independent drug advisor in Britain has highlighted the UK's hard-line ... taken
flak from other leading scientists and scientific advisors, who produced a
statement of ...

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Call for scientific advisers to be free from political interference ...

Nov 6, 2009 ... Leading scientists ask the government to sign up to guidelines following the
sacking of its chief drugs adviser David Nutt. ... demanding a full account of why
he dismissed Nutt from the chairmanship of the Advisory Council on ... It was
published on guardian.co.uk at 00.05 GMT on Friday 6 November 2009 .

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David Nutt: Governments should get real on drugs - opinion - 04 ...

Nov 4, 2009 ... But simple, accurate and understandable statements of scientific fact are
precisely ... As well as ignoring its own advisers, the UK is falling out of step with
... of Drugs until he was dismissed last week by the UK home secretary ...

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Fired U.K. Drug Adviser Says Scientists Will Shun Government ...

The U.K. drug-policy adviser who was fired last week said that his sacking will
discourage scientists from working for Prime Minister Gordon ...

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Three more scientists quit drugs council

Nov 11, 2009 ... I'm sure that the government's chief scientific adviser will be working to ensure...
Nutt was dismissed after questioning government drugs policy ...

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David Nutt: 'The government cannot think logically about drugs ...

Dec 6, 2010 ... The former government adviser on drugs explains why his latest ... a scientific
adviser, if it wasn't interested in hearing scientific facts. Five other members of the
ACMD resigned in protest in the days following Nutt's dismissal.

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Does Banning Psychedelics Hinder Science?

UK neuroscientist David Nutt. "We lose sight of the fact that these drugs may well give us insights into areas of science which need to be explored and they also may give us new opportunities for treatment," he says. "Almost all the drugs which are of interest in terms of brain phenomena like consciousness, perception, mood, psychosis—drugs like psychedelics, ketamine, cannabis, magic mushrooms, MDMA—are currently illegal. So there's almost no [scientific] work in this field."

"In the basic research model, one life would be saved for every 164 naloxone kits handed out. But using more optimistic assumptions, naloxone could prevent as many as 43,000 overdose deaths, saving one life for every 36 kits distributed"

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Drug overdose deaths are now the leading cause of accidental death in the

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Overview of UK naloxone law

Guest columnist: Focus in case of overdose should be safety, not punishment | The Herald-Sun

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Guest columnist: Focus in case of overdose should be safety, not punishmentDec. 16, 2012 @ 10:28 PMAllison Glasser Herald-Sun guest columnist — Seven years ago, Durham resident Chad Sanders lost his

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Safe States Alliance: Web Event Safe States Alliance and CDC-Increasing Naloxone Access among First.

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Opioid pain reliever overdose deaths have increased four-fold since 1999. In 2010, over

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Patriot Ledger : State instruction in use of anti-overdose drug Naloxone has helped hundreds

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Nancy Holler of Quincy’s Houghs Neck neighborhood found her 24-year-old son blue in the face and unresponsive

Visual animation of how naloxone works in the body…pity about the copyright but you get the idea!

Naloxone (Narcan) in Narcotic Respiratory Depression video - Animation by Cal Shipley, M.D.

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3D Medical Animation of action of naloxone (Narcan) at neuronal synapse

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Study Boosts the Case for More Naloxone | The Fix

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Daily website for alcohol and drug addiction recovery news and information. Your source for addiction recovery news,

Presentations

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Training presentations relating to the use of the life saving drug Naloxone.

Latest 'Drug Death Matters' Newsletter from the National Forum on Drug Related Deaths (Scotland)

http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/local/drug_deaths_newsletter_ed14.pdf

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Drug User Advocacy League (DUAL) Ottawa

December 27, 2012

Drug User Advocacy League (DUAL) Ottawa

DUAL is an independent group of drug consumers, ex-consumer and their allies who fight for the rights of those that use drugs, and our community, in the Ottawa area. Though we do not condone nor condemn drug use, we believe in complete harm reduction, and aim to improve the safety and education of a...

Drug User Advocacy League (DUAL) Ottawa shared a link via Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

December 31, 2012

Quentin Tarantino Talks Prisons And The War On Drugs

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http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/ Writer and director Quentin Tarantino sits down with George to talk about his new movie

Drug User Advocacy League (DUAL) Ottawa shared a link via Global Commission on Drug Policy.

December 6, 2012

War on drugs a trillion-dollar failure

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Richard Branson says if a company is failing, it's time to change strategies -- and the same applies to the disastrous war on drugs.

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New England User's Union

Our mission is to fight for the rights of drug users across New England, empowering members to stand up for what is right. The membership is comprised of active and former users willingly fighting for the end of prohibition of illicit drugs and end of stigma in our community. Fighting for social jus...

River of Healing

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"River of Healing" is a harm reduction video created by the Union of Ontario Indians HIV/AIDS Program. Video by Regan Pictures. http://www.anishinabek.ca/hiv...

4:20 Drug War News: Dean Becker
January 10, 2013
4:20 Drug War News on the Drug Truth Network – http://www.drugtruth.net CNN Rpt on opening Colo marijuana Club 64 Listen to the show – http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/4183

4:20 Drug War News: Terry Nelson
January 11, 2013
4:20 Drug War News on the Drug Truth Network – http://www.drugtruth.net Terry Nelson of LEAP: bankers drug war scam pays off big! Listen to the show – http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/4184

CopsSayLegalize: Head of Indiana State Police says legalize marijuana: http://t.co/xz4fdEUb

Law Enforcement Leaders Ask Department of Justice to Respect State Marijuana Laws
November 20, 2012
Group Cites Public Safety Concerns Created by Illegal Marketplace Teleconference With Colorado and Washington Law Enforcers at 12:00 PM ET WASHINGTON, DC – This morning a former narcotics cop deliv …

Cocaine Unwrapped tells the story of cocaine: coca farmers in Colombia, drugs mules in Ecuadorian prisons, cocaine factories in the Bolivian jungle, dealers on the streets of Mexico, law enforcement officials on the streets of Baltimore – and the everyday consumers around the dinner tables of the West. It’s a story of politics, death, economic devastation and human suffering, and explores realistic alternatives to the war on drugs. Watch this film and you will never think the same about cocaine and the war on drugs again.

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In “The House I Live In” filmmaker Eugene Jarecki presents a penetrating look inside America’s criminal justice system, exposing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy. LEAP executive director Neill Franklin and board chair Jack Cole had the opportunity to attend advance screenings of the film, and both believe it to be an extraordinary exposé on the damage done by drug prohibition. We urge everyone to see it. “The House I Live In” hits theaters on October 5, 2012.

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