Eddie Ellison's legalisation site

site URL - http://www.gn.apc.org/eddie/

Site description: Eddie Ellison, former operational head of Scotland Yard's Drug Squad, argues for a change of policy to deliver the lowest level of drug use achievable with the least detrimental effect on all others in society - legalisation.




Topic: Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization

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Other resource N0 Costs of Tobacco Consumption in Sydneyhttp://www.cs.nsw.gov.au/corporate/tobaccocp/BKG-2.htm Costs of Tobacco Consumption in SydneyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Report estimates the medical costs of tobacco in Central Sydney, Australia.
Other resource N1 Health Care Costs of Smokinghttp://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/paper_14898.htm Health Care Costs of SmokingTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Abstract of recent research estimates percentage of total health care costs attributable to smoking.
Other resource N2 Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Workhttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-12/CftA-Yhst-0312100.php Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off WorkTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Research that followed over 80,000 employees for over 2 years finds smoking has significant costs for employers, even among younger workers.
Other resource N3 The Health Care Costs of Smokinghttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/337/15/1052 The Health Care Costs of SmokingTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Conclusions: If people stopped smoking, there would be a savings in health care costs, but only in the short term. Eventually, smoking cessation would lead to increased health care costs. The New England Journal of Medicine, October 9, 1997.
Other resource N4 A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco Litigationhttp://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmus/US1998/ A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco LitigationTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Master_Settlement_Agreement UCSF policy analysis paper examines the proposed tobacco settlement agreement.
Other resource N5 ASH-UK - Action on Smoking and Healthhttp://www.ash.org.uk/ ASH-UK - Action on Smoking and HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Resources for advocates include tobacco history, factsheets, schools resources, presentation resources, discussion, policy analysis, and an extensive analysis of the tobacco industry based on industry internal memos.
Other resource N6 National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH)http://www.ncth.ca National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH)Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Information and networking services for tobacco use prevention and reduction programs, projects, resources, and advocacy in Canada.
Other resource N7 Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and Healthhttp://bcn.boulder.co.us/community/abct/ Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Citizens and organizations advocating policy decisions, educational and prevention efforts to address the problem of tobacco in their communities. Provides tobacco news, issues, analysis, advocacy; factsheets and policy papers.
Other resource N8 Action on Smoking and Health - Canadahttp://www.ash.ca/ Action on Smoking and Health - CanadaTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Western Canada's leading health organization devoted solely to tobacco control and prevention.
Other resource N9 They're Rich, You're Deadhttp://www.mededu.miami.edu/Tobacco They're Rich, You're DeadTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Prevention/Teen_Smoking University of Miami School of Medicine's Tobacco Awareness Program for Community Youth. "We want you to see what we see in our hospital patients every day from the use of tobacco". Videos in MTV and science versions; interactive web-based CD-ROM; student and teacher workbooks; images and presentations in Adobe and Powerpoint formats.
Other resource N10 Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)http://ash.org Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regulation Nation's oldest and leading antismoking organization takes legal action and provides information about the problems and costs of smoking. Protects the rights of nonsmokers.
Other resource N11 Federal Preemption Now a Barrier to Local Tobacco Ordinances, Health Law Perspectives, Health Law and Policy Institutehttp://www.law.uh.edu/healthlawperspectives/PublicHealth/010817Federal.html Federal Preemption Now a Barrier to Local Tobacco Ordinances, Health Law Perspectives, Health Law and Policy InstituteTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regulation Short report from the Health Law and Policy Institute on case law affecting state regulation of tobacco promotion.
Other resource N12 Australian Council on Smoking and Healthhttp://www.acosh.org/ Australian Council on Smoking and HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional Dedicated to raising awareness in the community on smoking and health issues in Australia. Educational campaigns, quit programs, library, and tobacco industry secrets.
Other resource N13 Go smokefree! Health Canada Tobacco Control Programmehttp://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/index.html Go smokefree! Health Canada Tobacco Control ProgrammeTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/Canada Health Canada's Tobacco Control Programme regulates tobacco and promotes initiatives that reduce or prevent the harm associated with smoking.
Other resource N14 Denver Alliance on Tobacco and Healthhttp://www.dath.org/ Denver Alliance on Tobacco and HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/United_States Empowering Denver to reduce tobacco use through prevention, education, and advocacy; provides information on secondhand smoke, quitting smoking, area ordinances and laws, and resources and training on tobacco.
Other resource N15 Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Healthhttp://www.wish-wi.org/ Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/United_States An association promoting clean air in public places. Dining guides, coalitions, how-tow, newsletter, surveys and feedback, resources on secondhand smoke, restaurants, and bars.
Other resource N16 Health Behavior Research Grouphttp://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~hbr/ Health Behavior Research GroupTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources University of Waterloo, Canada, research group; features papers and summaries of ongoing projects in tobacco use reduction, public policy, enabling communities to plan smoking reduction, improving cessation outcomes, and measuring and assessing progress in tobacco use reduction.
Other resource N17 Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation.http://www.irlgov.ie/committees-99/c-health/Rep-Evidence/page10.htm Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation.Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Presentation made to the Joint Committee on health and CHildren of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Parliament of Ireland, on tobacco and health.
Other resource N18 Tobacco Epidemic: Health Dimensionshttp://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact154.html Tobacco Epidemic: Health DimensionsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources WHO factsheet. "Half a billion people now alive will be killed by tobacco products" and other descriptions of the size of the problem.
Other resource N19 Smoking Cessation is Cost Effectivehttp://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/278/21/1759 Smoking Cessation is Cost EffectiveTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that smoking cessation programs are cost-effective.
Other resource N20 Historical Medical Claimshttp://www240.pair.com/tomtom/pages/gra/gra_badvert.html Historical Medical ClaimsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Promotion "More Doctors Smoke Camels" and other ads from 1927 through 1950.
Other resource N21 The Great Tobacco Robberyhttp://www.cato.org/dailys/03-06-99.html The Great Tobacco RobberyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques Cato Institute editorial condemns money made by plaintiff lawyers "holding tobacco companies accountable for Medicaid expenditures allegedly related to smoking".
Other resource N22 Tobacco, Lawyers, and Public Healthhttp://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/11/1749 Tobacco, Lawyers, and Public HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Secondhand_Smoke Article in the American Journal of Public Health chronicles the efforts of the tobacco industry to attack the evidence that secondhand smoke causes disease.
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Other resource N37 Fraudulent Health Claimshttp://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/library/h/docs/bld8c867.htm Fraudulent Health ClaimsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Online brochure that helps spotting false and unsubstantiated claims.
Other resource N38 Health Hippo: Fraud and Abusehttp://hippo.findlaw.com/hippofra.html Health Hippo: Fraud and AbuseTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Policy and regulatory materials related to health care fraud and abuse.
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Other resource N40 Spotting Health Fraudhttp://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/greenline/00v2/08.html Spotting Health FraudTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Easy understandable list on how to check health care web sites that promise treatment success too fast and too easy.
Other resource N41 Canadian Quackery Watchhttp://healthwatcher.net/Quackerywatch/ Canadian Quackery WatchTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Monitors the media for reports of medical frauds and quacks. Includes features on individual quacks, pending lawsuits, scientific rebuttals of 'dubious' claims, and related links.
Other resource N42 Campaign to Fight Medicare Fraud and Abusehttp://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/library/h/docs/bld04116.htm Campaign to Fight Medicare Fraud and AbuseTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Department of Health and Human Services' site on how to fight health care waste, fraud, and abuse, using several agencies within the department and forming working partnerships with other Federal, State, and local organizations.
Other resource N43 How to Prevent Medicare Fraudhttp://seniorhealth.about.com/health/seniorhealth/c/ht/00/07/How_Prevent_Medicare_Fraud0962933606.htm How to Prevent Medicare FraudTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare A detailed how-to on preventing Medicare fraud and how to report possible fraud cases.
Other resource N44 Medicare Fraud and Abuse Detectionhttp://seniorhealth.about.com/health/seniorhealth/library/medicare/blfraud.htm Medicare Fraud and Abuse DetectionTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Tips on detecting and preventing fraudulent practices in Medicare.
Other resource N45 Fighting Fraud and Abusehttp://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/fraud/ Fighting Fraud and AbuseTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare U.S. Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA") site includes government description of fraudulent schemes, instructions to contractors and Medicare integrety programs.
Other resource N46 Vaccinations - HealthWorld Onlinehttp://www.healthy.net/vaccine/ Vaccinations - HealthWorld OnlineTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination Information on the toxicity of vaccines, their adverse effects, long-term negative consequences, the new vaccines, and alternative vaccines.
Other resource N47 Review: Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox Research Shows that Vaccines Represent a Medical Assault on the Immune Systemhttp://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/reviews2.html#vaccination Review: Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox Research Shows that Vaccines Represent a Medical Assault on the Immune SystemTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Books by Viera Scheibner Ph.D. This book (published 1993) is a concise summary of the results of orthodox medical research into vaccines and their effects. It aims to inform medical professionals, parents and the general public about short and long-term dangerous side-effects, including brain damage and death, of vaccines; of the ineffectiveness of vaccines in preventing infectious diseases, as shown by epidemics in fully vaccinated populations; and the causal link between DPT and polio vaccines and cot death.
Other resource N48 Victim Families Say Autism-Vaccination Link Painfully Obvioushttp://www.greaterthings.com/News/daily/2004/05/21/autism-vaccination_link/ Victim Families Say Autism-Vaccination Link Painfully ObviousTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Side_Effect_Debate/Autism Unbelief in Institute of Medicine findings
Other resource N49 American Medical News - Vaccine Anxietyhttp://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/1999/amn_99/edit0906.htm American Medical News - Vaccine AnxietyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Childhood_Immunization_Issues The individuals and organizations on a mission to sow the seeds of doubt about childhood immunizations may be weak on science but are savvy with technology. The Internet has given their contrariant movement what can be best described as a healthy shot in the arm.
Other resource N50 Missouri Citizens' Coalition for Freedom in Health Carehttp://hometown.aol.com/mccfhc/ Missouri Citizens' Coalition for Freedom in Health CareTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Childhood_Immunization_Issues A grassroots organization dedicated to protecting Missouri rights to freedom in health care through informed and educated choices.
Other resource N51 Civitas - incorporating Citizens for Planetary Healthhttp://www.linkny.com/~civitas/ Civitas - incorporating Citizens for Planetary HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Research/Fraud Promotes environmental and human health by exposing harmful practices and policies such as relying upon unscientific animal experiments to justify poisoning the environment and to predict the effects of toxins and medicines on humans.
Other resource N52 Mental Health Mattershttp://www.mental-health-matters.com/ Mental Health MattersTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health A directory of Mental Health sites, including alternative resources, support groups, and patient's rights.
Other resource N53 KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Eventshttp://www.mentalhealth.org/highlights/index.htm KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and EventsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health The Knowledge Exchange Network promotes the mental health aspect of national health events and awareness days in its new monthly Highlights section.
Other resource N54 Alternative Mental Healthhttp://nht_amhl1.blogspot.com/ Alternative Mental HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health A resource page about alternatives to the traditional, medical model-based, mental health system.
Other resource N55 Adult Depression: Medication and Other Treatmentshttp://www.baltimorepsych.com/Adult_Depression.htm Adult Depression: Medication and Other TreatmentsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication An article discussing the many types of antidepressant medications, ECT, and some alternative treatments.
Other resource N56 Med Help International Mental Health Forumhttp://www.medhelp.org/forums/mentalhealth/wwwboard.html Med Help International Mental Health ForumTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication A question forum for prescription psychiatric drugs, answered by a medical doctor. Readers can view previous answers at no charge.
Other resource N57 Business Week: When the Cure May Make You Sickerhttp://www.businessweek.com/1998/11/b3569025.htm Business Week: When the Cure May Make You SickerTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication Article that presents an argument that most prescription medications are not really safe. Author cites psychiatric medications that have caused problems.
Other resource N58 Freedom Maghttp://psychdrugs.freedommag.org/psych-drugs-freedom-mag.htm Freedom MagTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication News and articles regarding the negative aspects of psychiatric drugs.
Other resource N59 HelpGuide - Medications for Treating Depression and Anxietyhttp://helpguide.org/mental/medications_depression.htm HelpGuide - Medications for Treating Depression and AnxietyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication Non-commercial resources for learning about the risks and benefits of medications for depression and anxiety. Also includes information on controversies surrounding SSRIs.
Other resource N60 Johnny's New Snack: Milk, Cookies and Prozachttp://cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/children/03/20/kids.drugs02/index.html Johnny's New Snack: Milk, Cookies and ProzacTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication/Prozac Young children are taking psychoactive drugs at alarmingly high rates, doctors say, citing a new study.
Other resource N61 IPRC FactLine: Non-Medical Use of Ritalinhttp://www.drugs.indiana.edu/pubs/factline/ritalin.html IPRC FactLine: Non-Medical Use of RitalinTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication/Ritalin Snorted or injected Ritalin has caused a resurgence in the abuse of stimulant drugs. Article discusses patterns of abuse, consequences, and legal issues.
Other resource N62 Sue Clark's Psychiatry Buster Home Pagehttp://www.geocities.com/sueclark2001ca/ Sue Clark's Psychiatry Buster Home PageTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/ECT_-_Electroconvulsive_Therapy Sue Clark is a psychiatric survivor. Sue speaks out against the medical model of psychiatry and about ECT (electroshock therapy). Sue is an ECT survivor.
Other resource N63 This Way Lies Ruinhttp://home.earthlink.net/~bazillion/ruin.html This Way Lies RuinTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Anti-Psychiatry_Organizations Among the medical profession only, they are the single group with the highest rate of insurance fraud convictions, and among all professions they are the single group with the highest rate of suicide.
Other resource N64 Drugs and Teen Substance Abusehttp://www.focusas.com/SubstanceAbuse.html Drugs and Teen Substance AbuseTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Substance_Abuse Article summarizing warning signs and treatment issues.
Other resource N65 Addiction by Prescription Drugshttp://www.addictionbyprescription.com Addiction by Prescription DrugsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Substance_Abuse Offers details about prescription abuse, addiction, and controversy. Includes two book offers.
Other resource N66 Ohio Association of Responsible Mental Health Practiceshttp://www.ltech.net/OHIOarmhp/ Ohio Association of Responsible Mental Health PracticesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Memory_Controversies OARMHP is a state chapter of FMSF.
Other resource N67 Mental health parity - an opposing viewhttp://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=ment&date=19990210&query=mental+health+parity Mental health parity - an opposing viewTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Articles Mental health parity opens the door to fraud.
Other resource N68 Review: Murder By Injection: The Medical Conspiracy Against Americahttp://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/reviews1.html#world Review: Murder By Injection: The Medical Conspiracy Against AmericaTop/Society/Issues/Health/Books by Eustace Mullins. Explains how the ruthless Rockefeller Syndicate - under the control of the world financial structure, chiefly the Rothschilds - plays the major political, health and educational roles in America.
Other resource N69 Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studieshttp://www.maps.org Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic StudiesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs A membership-based non-profit research and educational organization. Includes research papers, MAPS bulletin, news updates, and a forum.
Other resource N70 Hammeredhttp://www.hammered.org HammeredTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs An organization dedicated to questioning social dependency and cultural glorification of drugs and alcohol.
Other resource N71 European Association of Libraries and Information Specialists on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ELISAD)http://www.elisad.org/ European Association of Libraries and Information Specialists on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ELISAD)Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs Made to enable those working in the field of alcohol and other drugs and facing common challenges, to exchange ideas and experience and, through networking to improve their knowledge, skills and performances.
Other resource N72 Heffter Research Institutehttp://www.heffter.org Heffter Research InstituteTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical The mission of HRI is to conduct research of the highest scientific quality with psychedelic substances in order to contribute to a greater understanding of the mind, leading to the improvement of the human condition, and the alleviation of suffering.
Other resource N73 Rachel's #632: Another Kind of Drug Problemhttp://www.sustain.org/Bulletins/getbulletin.cfm?bulletin_ID=48&issue_ID=1228&browse=1&SID=28 Rachel's #632: Another Kind of Drug ProblemTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety A medical report in 1998 estimated that adverse reactions to prescription drugs are killing about 106,000 Americans each year - roughly three times as many as are killed by automobiles.
Other resource N74 FDA Reviewhttp://www.FDAReview.org FDA ReviewTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety An extensive resource on the regulation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices focusing on the Food and Drug Administration. Includes a history, an evaluation of policy, and a bibliography with many links.
Other resource N75 Adverse Psychiatric Reactions Information Linkhttp://www.april.org.uk/ Adverse Psychiatric Reactions Information LinkTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety Adverse drug reactions cannot be predicted. Reactions are often unrelated to the condition for which the medication was prescribed. Adverse reaction or withdrawal symptoms can resemble psychiatric illness.
Other resource N76 Polypharmacyhttp://www.wnydf.bfn.org/library/polyphar.text PolypharmacyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety Article describing the harmful effects of taking too many medical drugs at the same time, and criticising the doctors who prescribe drugs as an easy option without taking the time to do a proper diagnosis.
Other resource N77 Drugs Bitehttp://DrugsBite.com Drugs BiteTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal A co-defendant of John DeLorean develops a program aimed at helping kids make positive choices concerning drugs.
Other resource N78 Change the Climate, Inc.http://www.changetheclimate.org Change the Climate, Inc.Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal An educational and participatory site about marijuana, pot, hemp, drug reform, and marijuana policy through advertising and community.
Other resource N79 Canadian Foundation for Drug Policyhttp://www.cfdp.ca/ Canadian Foundation for Drug PolicyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal A non-profit organization founded in 1993 by several of Canada's leading specialists in drug policy.
Other resource N80 Marijuana | Personal Health Zonehttp://www.personalhealthzone.com/marijuana.html Marijuana | Personal Health ZoneTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal General information on marijuana, side effects and usage statistics.

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