The number of people starting a residential rehab placement in Scotland increased by around 60 per cent between 2019-20 and 2025-26, according to Public...

Pubs, bars, restaurants, music venues and shops will now be able to accept digital ID as proof that people buying alcohol are over 18,...

A dose of inspiration goes a long way Organising a conference is nerve-racking - preparing the programme, focusing on every detail, hoping things will run...

This column generally focuses on our advocacy work – working with people who call or email us around the country to ensure that their...

Policing and crime minister Sarah Jones has written to the ACMD accepting most of the recommendations in the agency’s updated harms assessment of synthetic...

Half of ketamine samples tested by Manchester Metropolitan University’s GM TRENDS drug monitoring system contained xylazine and medetomidine, posing ‘a significant health risk’. The average...

Naloxone supply can still be something of a postcode lottery, particularly outside of urban centres. Elli-Jay McNally describes how Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership has teamed-up...

There are many layers of stigma that affect people’s experiences of healthcare, shows a new policy briefing from the Anti-Stigma Network (ASN). As the...

The establishing of a neighbourhood health model as part of the new NHS 10 year plan is a unique opportunity for recovery services to...

Border Force officers seized almost 1.3 tonnes of ketamine at the UK border in the first quarter of this year, up more than 40...

Now in its fourth year, September’s Recoverist Month will be the biggest yet, says Sara Teiger – showcasing an eclectic and powerful selection of...

Just under 37 per cent of drug samples submitted to the Welsh Emerging Drug Identification Service (WEDINOS) over the last year contained substances other...

Women with drug and alcohol issues ‘feel safer and are more likely to sustain their recoveries’ when treated in a female-only facility, according to...

Smoking was ‘alive and well’ but the ever-expanding market in safer nicotine products gave hope that many more people would choose them over combustibles,...

Are we making progress on tackling stigma? Liam Knowles believes so, as he looks back at his own first taste of treatment.I first accessed...

Ever-increasing rates of ketamine use – coupled with the fact that it takes years for most people to seek help – are storing up...

The lights dim and 65,000 people roar together as the Prodigy come onstage. Alice is sat in a nearby rattling toilet cubicle, having dipped...

Nitazenes have been detected in 13 per cent of deaths positive for a controlled drug, according to the latest RADAR (Rapid Action Drug Alerts...

Forty per cent of deaths in the year after release from prison are linked to drugs, according to a report from the Nacro charity....

New prime minister Andy Burnham has said that his first instruction on entering 10 Downing Street would be to ‘end rough sleeping in our...

The number of people starting a residential rehab placement in Scotland increased by around 60 per cent between 2019-20 and 2025-26, according to Public...

Pubs, bars, restaurants, music venues and shops will now be able to accept digital ID as proof that people buying alcohol are over 18,...

Policing and crime minister Sarah Jones has written to the ACMD accepting most of the recommendations in the agency’s updated harms assessment of synthetic...

Half of ketamine samples tested by Manchester Metropolitan University’s GM TRENDS drug monitoring system contained xylazine and medetomidine, posing ‘a significant health risk’. The average...

Border Force officers seized almost 1.3 tonnes of ketamine at the UK border in the first quarter of this year, up more than 40...

Vapes are more effective in helping people quit smoking than other methods – with or without behavioural support, according to an updated Cochrane review. The...

Just under 37 per cent of drug samples submitted to the Welsh Emerging Drug Identification Service (WEDINOS) over the last year contained substances other...

Women with drug and alcohol issues ‘feel safer and are more likely to sustain their recoveries’ when treated in a female-only facility, according to...

Smoking was ‘alive and well’ but the ever-expanding market in safer nicotine products gave hope that many more people would choose them over combustibles,...

Nitazenes have been detected in 13 per cent of deaths positive for a controlled drug, according to the latest RADAR (Rapid Action Drug Alerts...

Forty per cent of deaths in the year after release from prison are linked to drugs, according to a report from the Nacro charity....

New prime minister Andy Burnham has said that his first instruction on entering 10 Downing Street would be to ‘end rough sleeping in our...

The UK government and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) have signed a working agreement to help identify dangerous substances earlier. New psychoactive substances are...

An estimated 750,000 people in the UK are addicted to alcohol while 400,000 are addicted to illegal drugs, according to a new report from...

‘Woeful’ levels of activity and long lock-up times are causing ‘frustration, boredom and despair’ and fuelling the huge demand for drugs in the prison...

People are still far more likely to turn to another person with concerns about their drinking than to AI, according to research by Alcohol...

The proportion of UK adults who use vapes on a daily basis has increased from 4.5 per cent to 7.8 per cent since 2020,...

An independent review to assess the long-term challenges facing prisons and recommend improvements to their effectiveness has been announced by the Ministry of Justice...

The increasing availability of synthetic opioids like fentanyls, nitazenes and orphines in the wake of the Taliban’s 2022 opium ban signals a ‘turning point’...

Fruit-flavoured vapes are now a major part of UK stop smoking support, according to research by the Brussels-based Clearing The Air organisation. Vapes are...