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LOCAL NEWS
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Roving exhibition
exposes the tobacco menace to Jamaican students.
Tobacco use is the single greatest preventable cause
of death worldwide, killing half of the people who use it. In
Jamaica, it is the single largest preventable factor
contributing to the burden of disease and death.
POOR RELIEF DEPARTMENT presented with gift package from
Beyond Service Campaign
WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY - Petition
Honourable Minister, on this commemoration of World No Tobacco
Day 2009, we ask you to represent our right to breathe smoke
free air. Our plea is in the interest of the good health of all
Jamaicans. We humbly beg that you represent our cause as we seek
to have all schools, enclosed public spaces including sports
venues and transportation declared smoke free. .
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CARICOM/EUROPEAN UNION & LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
FORUM
The National Council on Drug Abuse facilitated a meeting
in Jamaica, which was an initiative organized by the
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD),
Secretariat of Multi-dimensional Security, of the Organization
of American States (OAS), and CARICOM, and was funded by the
European Commission
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• Jamaica’s first integrated counseling clinics:
Minister of Health and Environment, Rudyard Spencer, will launch Jamaica’s first integrated counseling clinics. The ten community centres will serve substance abusers, persons living with HIV/AIDs, victims of trauma
and violence, children with delinquent behaviour and their parents.
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REGIONAL NEWS
Smoke Signals:
Marijuana Use Rises Among H.S. Students as Cigarette Use
Declines, Study Finds
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FDA Threatens Ban on Alcoholic Energy Drinks
Alcoholic drinks
that contain caffeine are facing an imminent ban by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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GRENDIN FACT SHEET June 09
Statistics obtained from the Grenada
Drug Information Network (GRENDIN) revealed that for the period
January to December 2008, one hundred and seventy three (173)
persons were admitted to the Grenada General hospital for
drug-related problems. ....more
EU-LAC Newsletter May 2009 #1
The EU-LAC City Partnerships
to improve Drug Treatment is an initiative managed by the
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD),
Secretariat for Multidimensional Security of the Organization of
American States, and funded by the European Commission. ....
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CICAD Observer OAS,
2Q,2008
Training and certification for drug treatment counselors
makes its mark in El Salvador
Grenada
Newsletter Dec 2008
During the period 6 to 15
October 2008, Mr. Dave Alexander, Grenada’s representative on
the Governmental Expert’s Group (GEG), of the MEM, participated
in the First Drafting Session of the GEG on the Implementation
of Recommendations from the Fourth Round of the Multilateral
Evaluation Mechanism (MEM), of the Organization of American
States/Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
(OAS/CICAD)The session was in Peru. ....more
Barbados NCSA News:
Drug problems are characterised by their link to many other societal problems...There is broad consensus that strong drug strategies should include validated and up-to-date evidence....
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