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Jockey Kieren Fallon says racing has a drugs problem
By RehabRoy at 14 December, 2009, 1:54 am
Six-time champion jockey Kieren Fallon has told Inside Sport there is a drugs problem in racing and in Newmarket’s racing community in particular.
The 44-year-old is making a new start in the sport after past misdemeanours such as being banned for cocaine use.
“Newmarket has the highest rate [of drug use] for its population in any town [...]
Africa drug trade fuelling terrorism and crime, says UN
By RehabRoy at 11 December, 2009, 1:02 am
The head of the UN drugs agency (UNODC) has warned that widespread drug trafficking is transforming Africa into a major crime hub.
Antonio Maria Costa said huge amounts of heroin and cocaine [...]
Prisoners’ heroin addiction treatment ‘undermined’
By RehabRoy at 11 December, 2009, 1:02 am
Government in-fighting is undermining efforts to tackle prisoners’ heroin addiction, a former drugs tsar says.
Mike Trace said prisoners were being prescribed the addictive heroin substitute methadone instead of being encouraged to [...]
Drug treatment services given £29m funding
By RehabRoy at 8 December, 2009, 1:00 am
Frontline drug treatment services in Scotland are to be given almost £29m funding next year.
The Scottish government said this represented an increase of 20% since 2006/07.
The £28.6m will go to [...]
Royal harpist tells of drug abuse
By RehabRoy at 5 December, 2009, 12:58 am
A musician accused of committing a series of burglaries has told a court she was hooked on heroin while she was official harpist to Prince Charles.
Jemima Phillips told Gloucester Crown Court [...]
Harpist ‘pressurised’ into crime
By RehabRoy at 2 December, 2009, 12:50 am
A former royal harpist accused of burgling four homes claimed she was forced into crime by threats to expose her drug habit if she did not.
Jemima Phillips, 28, from Ebbw Vale, [...]
Georgia concerned by ‘link between gambling and drugs’
By RehabRoy at 28 November, 2009, 11:51 pm
With just weeks to go until a controversial new law on casinos takes effect in Georgia, health workers in the capital, Tbilisi, say they have uncovered a worrying link between gambling [...]
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