Bridge the Gap is Surrey’s first trauma-informed outreach service for residents facing multiple disadvantage. Lisa Byrne explains. A specialist trauma-informed outreach service is showing that...

Myanmar is still the world’s leading source of opium and heroin following the Taliban’s imposition of a ban on opium cultivation in Afghanistan, says...

A national survey of the frontline drug and alcohol treatment workforce has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The department...

The gambling industry is at a ‘crucial juncture’, the recent Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling reported, as it becomes more and more digital...

The Scottish budget ‘will miss the mark’ in tackling the country’s alcohol-related harms, says Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS). A ‘mix of funding cuts and missed...

The Scottish Government is being urged to boost its investment in alcohol treatment ahead of tomorrow’s budget. It should also introduce a ‘public health supplement’...

The recent ONS drug-related deaths data revealed that fatalities involving cocaine rose by over 30 per cent last year (DDN, November, page 4), and...

There were almost 311,000 adults in contact with drug and alcohol treatment in the year to March, according to the latest OHID figures –...

How to get the drugs out of crime Drugs minister Caroline Flint talks to DDN about drug and alcohol strategy… ‘Caroline Flint’s experience as MP for...

My name is Bobby and I'm an addict. I'm 42, originally from East London, and I work as a recovery and dependency practitioner. After a...

The government has confirmed its plans to impose a statutory levy on gambling company profits. The compulsory levy will ‘generate £100m for the research,...

There is an urgent need for a new national alcohol strategy with a ‘strong focus on treatment and prevention’, says a new report from...

Despite significant investment in drug treatment in recent years none of this funding has reached residential treatment services. This failure, combined with short-term and...

I was a heroin addict and alcoholic of the ‘hopeless’ variety, frequently stealing bottles of wine for breakfast in an attempt to stave off...

Over the past 12 years Red Rose Recovery has gone from strength to strength, spreading roots across the North West. We asked them to...

Advances in technology have propelled young people – and their problems – into a different age, so how can we reach them? DDN reports...

Assistant psychologists can play a vital role in developing stigma-free services for people with dual diagnosis, say Edward Loveless, James Streatfield and Dr Stephen...

The true costs of alcohol are ‘often obscured by profit-driven narratives’, says a new document from the World Health Organization (WHO). The Alcohol policy playbook...

Britain’s regulations on gambling adverts are the most lenient ‘despite having more research on the negative effects of gambling marketing than several other European...

Nitazenes have been a topic of conversation for well over a year in the UK, as we have had multiple instances of clusters of...

Myanmar is still the world’s leading source of opium and heroin following the Taliban’s imposition of a ban on opium cultivation in Afghanistan, says...

A national survey of the frontline drug and alcohol treatment workforce has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The department...

The Scottish budget ‘will miss the mark’ in tackling the country’s alcohol-related harms, says Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS). A ‘mix of funding cuts and missed...

The Scottish Government is being urged to boost its investment in alcohol treatment ahead of tomorrow’s budget. It should also introduce a ‘public health supplement’...

There were almost 311,000 adults in contact with drug and alcohol treatment in the year to March, according to the latest OHID figures –...

The government has confirmed its plans to impose a statutory levy on gambling company profits. The compulsory levy will ‘generate £100m for the research,...

There is an urgent need for a new national alcohol strategy with a ‘strong focus on treatment and prevention’, says a new report from...

MPs are to vote on the tobacco and vapes bill today, the government has announced, moving the UK ‘one step closer to becoming smoke-free’. The...

The true costs of alcohol are ‘often obscured by profit-driven narratives’, says a new document from the World Health Organization (WHO). The Alcohol policy playbook...

Britain’s regulations on gambling adverts are the most lenient ‘despite having more research on the negative effects of gambling marketing than several other European...

An Australian drug prevention scheme with a focus on young people’s broader mental health and attitudes is to be piloted in 20 UK schools....

County lines operations are shifting from their traditional business model to become more localised, according to a report from the National Police Chiefs’ Council...

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has increased by an estimated 19 per cent this year, according to the latest survey by UNODC. Cultivation now stands at...

The tobacco and vapes bill will be introduced to Parliament today, the government has confirmed. The bill will contain measures to ‘create a smokefree generation’,...

The Scottish Parliament is seeking views on the right to addiction recovery (Scotland) bill, which was introduced earlier this year. The parliament wants to...

The Scottish Government has made headway in implementing treatment standards and increasing residential capacity, but has been ‘slow to progress key national strategies’, says...

Alcohol duty rates on non-draught products will increase in line with RPI (the retail price index) from February next year, the chancellor announced in...

The number of countries supporting harm reduction in their national policies is higher than ever, according to the latest Global state of harm reduction...

The harms to health and wellbeing from gambling are ‘more substantial than previously understood’ says the Lancet Public Health’s commission on gambling, extending beyond...

There were 5,448 drug poisoning deaths registered in England and Wales last year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics...