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This report contains the results of a RAND Europe research project undertaken for the multidepart-mental project team ""Project Independent Investigation of Disasters and Accidents"" (PRO for its Dutch name Project Onafhankelijk Onderzoek Rampen en Ongevallen), organized under the Directorate General for Public Order and Safety of the Dutch Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations.

Crisis management. --- Disaster relief -- Research -- Europe. --- Emergency management -- Europe.

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Portugal has changed its drug policy by adopting a strategy based upon a series of principles to contain and reduce the negative effects of substance abuse. This report analyzes the Portuguese Drug Strategy and develops recommendations for its implementation and evaluation.

Drug abuse. --- Drug addiction. --- Drug control. --- Drug legalization. --- Narcotic habit. --- Drug abuse --- Drug addiction --- Drug control --- Drug legalization --- Government policy

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This study aims to identify which medications deserve priority for clinical research in the short term. The authors found that a lot of knowledge is already available and needs dissemination rather than further research. However, clinical research on the safety, effectiveness and long term effects of many medications have not been studied yet in children.

Children. --- Pediatric pharmacology. --- Pediatric pharmacology --- Children --- Pharmaceutical Preparations --- Pharmacokinetics --- Psychotropic Drugs --- Drug Therapy --- Child --- Pharmacological Phenomena --- Kinetics --- Therapeutics --- Central Nervous System Agents --- Age Groups --- Metabolic Phenomena --- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures. --- Therapeutic Uses --- Physiological Phenomena --- Persons --- Biochemical Phenomena --- Chemical Phenomena --- Pharmacologic Actions --- Names. --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Diseases --- Chemotherapy

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This study aims to identify the barriers to effective prescribing for children, with an emphasis upon the absence of good clinical research within those barriers. A group of experts in the field discussed solution directions, in which governmental incentives are deemed critical.

Children. --- Drugs. --- Children --- Pediatric pharmacology --- Therapeutics --- Age Groups --- Kinetics --- Metabolic Phenomena --- Chemical Actions and Uses. --- Pharmacological Phenomena --- Persons --- Physiological Phenomena --- Biochemical Phenomena --- Names --- Chemical Phenomena --- Pharmaceutical Preparations --- Drug Therapy --- Pharmacokinetics --- Child --- Diseases --- Chemotherapy

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Health maintenance organizations. --- Hospitals --- Medical policy --- Health insurance --- Medicare. --- Prospective payment.