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		<title>links for 2009-11-07</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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The Press Association: &#39;Soft schools increase crime risk&#39;
Lax standards of school discipline make pupils more likely to turn to crime and drugs, Government research has revealed.
The Home Office study found pupils at schools which were soft on violence and truanting more likely to break the law.
As a result, the authors urged ministers to consider toughening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3263&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>links for 2009-11-06</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Religious groups challenge new rules on pre-consent lessons &#8211; Times Online
Religious groups reacted with anger to the move by the Schools Secretary, which will make it compulsory for all pupils aged 15 will learn about relationships, sex and drugs over the course of a year. The age of consent in the UK is 16. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3262&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government confirm PSHE to be made statutory</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/government-confirm-pshe-to-be-made-statutory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been sent the press release confirming that PSHE will be made a statutory subject:
Ed Balls confirmed today that Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education will be made compulsory in schools from September 2011.
PSHE gives young people the information they need to make the right choices about their future. It covers a range of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3261&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The state of the drugs problem in Europe</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/the-state-of-the-drugs-problem-in-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EMCDDA have produced their annual report looking at drug problems across the continent.
They have a section looking at prevention, in which they talk about some of the universal programmes that have been undertaken across the continent.
As you may expect that includes EUDAP&#8217;s Unplugged programme on which they say:
After 2 years, the programme has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3260&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>links for 2009-11-05</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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One-third in youth jails for non-violent crimes &#8211; Youth Justice &#8211; Children &#38; Young People Now
Non-violent offences can include breaches of community orders, drug offences or car crime.
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		<title>links for 2009-11-03</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Letters: Why Professor David Nutt was shown the door &#124; Politics &#124; The Guardian
&#34;As for his comments about horse riding being more dangerous than ecstasy, which you quote with such reverence, it is of course a political rather than a scientific point. There are not many kids in my constituency in danger of falling off [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3258&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young people, alcohol and the news: preliminary findings</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/young-people-alcohol-and-the-news-preliminary-findings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AERC have a paper on their website looking at the reporting of young people&#8217;s drinking and how young people reflect on that reporting.
The authors argue that there are:
marked patterns in the way alcohol is represented in the news, as well as the degree of scepticism young people have towards news reporting of these issues. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3257&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Estimating drug harms: a risky business</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/estimating-drug-harms-a-risky-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Nutt, who chairs the ACMD but who on this occasion was speaking in an individual capacity, returns to the evidence around the harms caused by cannabis in a widely reported lecture on estimating drug harms.
In an accompanying briefing paper Professor Nutt sets out his views in more detail, pointing out that in a paper [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3256&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parents&#8217; Guide for Drug Free Parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via the SHEU I&#8217;ve been directed to a website which is aimed at the parents of 5th to 8th graders &#8211; 10 to 14 year olds.
The site has tips for parents who are hosting the party and where children are going to someone elses party.&#160; It also has a range of party games and food.
Here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3255&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Children, young people and alcohol: how they learn and how to prevent excessive use</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have a couple of papers that will be of interest to readers:
&#8216;Influences on how children and young people learn about and behave towards alcohol: A review of the literature for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (part one)&#8217; (PDF, 420KB) looks in detail at the influences on children, including family processes and structures, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=3254&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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