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		<title>Howard Parker on Young People and the ACCE Profile</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/howard-parker-on-young-people-and-the-acce-profile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 15:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Via email I&#8217;ve had my attention brought to the Film Exchange on Alcohol and Drugs.
FEAD is an online resource that brings short video presentations from leading figures in the alcohol and drugs field direct to your screen. The contributors cover a range of topics honestly and directly - including: achievements, problem areas, and reflections on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2678&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping Drug Use</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/mapping-drug-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come across IBM&#8217;s Many Eyes site (via the Guardian&#8217;s Datablog) which allows users to create visualisations from data in interesting ways, and I&#8217;ve been playing around with it.
 First up is some data from the DCSF website which looks at substance misuse by young people last year taken from the returns from the Tellus3 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2448&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tale of Two Generations &#8211; Addaction Survey</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/tale-of-two-generations-addaction-survey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC:
One in five children thinks their parents have tried drugs and one in 10 believes they still take them, a survey in England and Scotland suggests.
Some 90% of the 500 teenagers polled by charity Addaction said they were &#8220;against&#8221; drugs, but one in 10 thought celebrities made drugs seem &#8220;cool&#8221;.
Of 2,000 adults polled, 63% [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1746&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DrugScope&#8217;s Street Drug Trends Survey 2008</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/drugscopes-street-drug-trends-survey-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual survey that DrugScope does has been published.  It has found an increase in the use of diazepam including amongst some young people.  They also say:
Polydrug use &#8211; using combinations of alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy &#8211; was highlighted by several respondents as a significant problem, among some young people.Commercially home-grown skunk cannabis was dominating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1611&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Précis  of Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking amongst Young People in 2007</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/precis-of-drug-use-smoking-and-drinking-amongst-young-people-in-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;ve done in previous years we&#8217;ve been looking through the information from Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking amongst Young People in 2007 and now have a précis of what it says which we hope will be useful to those who don&#8217;t have quite as much time as I do to pour over the figures.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1548&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the teenage health message sinking in?</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/is-the-teenage-health-message-sinking-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare Republic News takes a look at the Chief Medical Officer&#8217;s report and the latest statistics from the annual survey of 11 to 15 year old pupils in England:
One positive is that data from the NHS Information Centre suggest young people today may not be as bad as their predecessors.
A survey of secondary school pupils [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1516&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teenagers trying out soft drugs isn’t so bad for them &#8211; or for us</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/teenagers-trying-out-soft-drugs-isn%e2%80%99t-so-bad-for-them-or-for-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India Knight writing in the Sunday Times takes a look at the latest survey of young people&#8217;s drug use and argues that for most young people this any use of illegal drugs is likely to be short term.  She says:
I don’t find the figures for teenagers especially alarming. I know we’re all supposed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1495&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Media Reaction to Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking among young people in England 2007</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/media-reaction-to-drug-use-smoking-and-drinking-among-young-people-in-england-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC NEWS &#8211; Teen drink and drug use falling
Rates of drug taking, smoking and drinking are falling among young teenagers, a national survey shows.
Nursing in Practice &#8211; Smoking among school children at 25-year low
Smoking among school children has fallen to its lowest level for 25 years, according to an NHS Information Centre survey published today.
Evening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1469&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drug use smoking and drinking among young people in England in 2007</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/drug-use-smoking-and-drinking-among-young-people-in-england-in-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual survey of young people&#8217;s drug use, smoking and drinking has been published.
Here&#8217;s some of the key messages.
Illegal drugs:
The prevalence of drug use has declined overall since 2001. For example, in 2007, 25% of pupils said they had tried drugs at least once, down from 29% in 2001. There were corresponding falls over the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1463&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teenage clicks could save lives</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/teenage-clicks-could-save-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warwick Today:
Young people and adults in Warwickshire facing problems can receive online counselling from an award-winning service this month.
Kooth.com offers internet users aged from 11 to 25 advice with difficulties such as eating disorders, bullying, relationships, self-harm, school worries, drug and alcohol abuse and problems at home and they can log on during evenings and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1393&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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