Drug abuse

... Nine Washington eye-openersfor newly arrived journalists Nine Washington eye-openersfor newly arrived journalistsby Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)Posted March 28, 2006 not yet ratedSomeday some of you journalism students will find yourselves in Washington, DC, where you will be in for some surprises: • Women run the government, but men blow hard and take credit for it.• The civil service works well in spite of cheap attacks by politicians vested in persuading constituents that the government is bloated and corrupt.• The federal government has the finest, most dedicated civil service in the world, thanks mostly to millions of women who get no credit for it.• The government works in spite of the witless efforts of administration after administration to reorganize what would be better left alone.• Washington is a grandiose and boring town.

There are plenty of small towns and cities a lot more interesting.• Alcohol plays a big role in lawmaking.

If you don’t believe it, check out all those sirloin faces and purple noses on Capitol Hill.

It ain’t all rosacea.

Keep that in mind the next time you hear about the war on drugs, because they’re not talking about their drug of choice.• It doesn’t matter what anybody says, because the real story is sitting in a file cabinet somewhere.

Washington is a paper mill.

So when you get there you have to decide whether you’re going to chase faces or whether you’re goi...

... The Herald Web Issue 2495 March 30 2006 !

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Cases like the death of Derek Doran, two, from East Lothian, who died after taking methadone, and Danielle Reid, five, from Inverness, murdered by her mother's boyfriend, have fuelled demands for a more rigorous policy of removing children at risk.

But a conference in Glasgow will be warned today that addicts fearful of losing their children will be more reluctant to seek help, putting them at further risk.

David Liddell, director of the Scottish Drugs Forum, said yesterday: "Reducing harm to children is our priority, but we need more than just rhetoric.

It is not as black and white as some people are suggesting .

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We have to look at the voluntary sector ...

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On that day in 1937, a young psychiatrist named Dr.

Charles Bradley, just five year...