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Policy Week: Notes on a drugs scandal

Samuel Wood By Samuel Wood Filed Under: All posts Posted: November 5, 2015

Professor David Nutt, who was sacked as a Government drugs policy advisor in 2009 gave a very frank interview about his experiences to Victoria Gill, as part of Policy Week 2015. Here Sam Wood reports on the conversation. Prof Nutt says he went into his Government role optimistic that he would be able to change […]

Tagged With: drug policy, drugs

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Are patients interested in pharmaceutical research?

By Suzanne Parsons and Bella Starling Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: August 12, 2015

It is important to involve patients and the public in pharmaceutical medicines research and development. Suzanne Parsons and Bella Starling examine who is interested, who is not and why. Involving patients and the public as active partners in their healthcare and in healthcare research has become an increasingly important policy issue in the last two […]

Tagged With: Central Manchester NHS Trust, Dame Sally Davies, drugs, EUPATI, European Patients Academy on Therapeutic Innovation, health, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, R&D

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Can parenting training reduce death rates?

By Anilena Mejia Filed Under: Featured Posted: June 8, 2015

Violent crime, particularly related to drug trafficking, is one of the world’s major causes of death.  Anilena Mejia suggests parenting training may be effective in reducing crime and violence.  Crime is the main cause of death in many countries. In Guatemala City, it is estimated that 116 people in every 100,000 are murdered each year. […]

Tagged With: CAC, Caribbean, Central America, children, crime, drugs, families, Guatemala, homicides, murder, Panama, parenting training, Triple P, violence

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