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US administration to use ‘all appropriate authority’ in response to opioid...
The US president, Donald Trump, has instructed his administration to use ‘all appropriate emergency and other authorities’ to respond to the country’s opioid crisis....
Advice on the hepatitis B vaccine shortage
Some of you will be aware that there is currently a shortage of hepatitis B vaccine, likely to continue until early next year. In...
Responses to the new drug strategy
A new drug strategy was released by the Home Office on 14 July – here are some responses and we will add more as...
Time for social action
Social action is the way forward in tackling complex needs, hears DDN.
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis recently...
Highest number of drug deaths in quarter of a century
Last year saw 3,744 drug poisoning deaths in England and Wales, according to the latest ONS figures – 2 per cent higher than the...
Nine out of ten councils now provide take-home naloxone
Take-home naloxone has been made available by 90 per cent of English local authorities, according to a report from the Local Government Association (LGA)....
A space to listen
Dual Diagnosis Anonymous is a new peer-led resource for people with co-existing mental health and addiction problems, as Dr Raffaella Milani explains.
Coexisting substance misuse...
Eighties deprivation blamed for Scots drug deaths
Rising rates of drug-related deaths in Scotland can be explained by the impact of political decisions and social deprivation in the 1980s, according to...
Heavy drinking set to cost NHS £17bn over next five years
Alcohol harm will cost the NHS £17bn over the next five years unless current trends are reversed, according to a report from the Foundation...
Tobacco plan aims for ‘smoke-free generation’
The government has published its new tobacco control plan, outlining that its vision is ‘nothing less than to create a smoke-free generation’. Earlier this...
Recovery focus for updated ‘Orange Book’
The government has published the updated version of its Drug misuse and dependence: UK guidelines on clinical management, usually referred to as the Orange...
Becoming free of hepatitis C
To mark World Hepatitis Day, the I’m Worth… campaign is launching a survey – and needs your views.
In England, around 160,000 people are infected...