News Archives - Drink and Drugs News

Economic cost of smoking is £14bn a year, says ASH

DDN - May 17, 2023 0

NHS makes free confidential hep C tests available

DDN - May 15, 2023 0

New Scottish campaign gives voice to people bereaved by substance use

DDN - May 3, 2023 0

Lukewarm response to gambling white paper

DDN - April 29, 2023 0

Government plans mandatory levy on gambling firms

DDN - April 27, 2023 0

Record seizures of cocaine and ketamine

DDN - April 21, 2023 0

Scotland could be ‘sleep walking’ back to record alcohol deaths

DDN - April 19, 2023 0

Semi-synthetic cannabinoids on the rise, says EMCDDA

DDN - April 18, 2023 0

Premier League clubs to voluntarily withdraw shirt-front gambling ads

DDN - April 17, 2023 0

Germany scales back legal cannabis plans

DDN - April 13, 2023 0

William Hill businesses fined almost £20m

DDN - March 29, 2023 0

Government bans nitrous oxide

DDN - March 27, 2023 0

New resource to help minority ethnic groups

DDN - March 23, 2023 0

MUP cut alcohol-related deaths by 13 per cent, says study

DDN - March 23, 2023 0

Executions for drug offences up 850 per cent in two years

DDN - March 17, 2023 0

Global cocaine production sees ‘dramatic’ increase, says UNODC

DDN - March 16, 2023 0

Almost 300 suspected Scottish drug deaths in final quarter of 2022

DDN - March 15, 2023 0

Peer-to-peer naloxone programmes have transformational potential, says SDF

DDN - March 14, 2023 0

Government announces innovation fund to reduce drug use

DDN - March 9, 2023 0

ACMD advises government not to ban nitrous oxide

DDN - March 7, 2023 0

NHS England publishes new action framework for prescription drugs

DDN - March 6, 2023 0

Campaigners urge chancellor to increase alcohol duty

DDN - February 24, 2023 0

Government confirms £421m treatment funding for next two years

DDN - February 16, 2023 0

Drug-free wings operating in 45 prisons

DDN - February 13, 2023 0

Government bans 11 synthetic opioids

DDN - February 6, 2023 0

Government pledges housing support cash for areas most in need

DDN - February 3, 2023 0

Canadian province decriminalises opioids and cocaine

DDN - January 31, 2023 0

Make sure people’s drinking habits are correctly recorded, NICE urges GPs

DDN - January 31, 2023 0

Myanmar opium poppy cultivation up by a third

DDN - January 27, 2023 0

Make naloxone routinely available to police, paramedics and public, says Turning...

DDN - January 25, 2023 0

Another increase in suspected Scottish drug deaths

DDN - January 25, 2023 0

Number of people in alcohol treatment up by 10 per cent

DDN - January 23, 2023 0

Canada revises low-risk drinking guidelines to ‘one to two’ drinks per...

DDN - January 18, 2023 0

Fentanyl behind 80 per cent increase in New York overdose deaths

DDN - January 16, 2023 0

BDP’s inspirational founder Maggie Telfer dies aged 63

DDN - January 16, 2023 0

Scottish Government committed to tackling ‘public health emergency’ of record drug...

DDN - January 16, 2023 0

One in seven planning to do Dry January

DDN - December 21, 2022 0

Alcohol duty freeze extended by six months

DDN - December 20, 2022 0

Ecstasy use halved during pandemic

DDN - December 16, 2022 0

Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK reach highest ever level

DDN - December 12, 2022 0

Proportion of smokers falls to lowest ever level

DDN - December 7, 2022 0

Two in five deaths of homeless people drug related

DDN - November 24, 2022 0

Scottish alcohol sales down 3 per cent since MUP

DDN - November 23, 2022 0

The Loop given charity status

DDN - November 21, 2022 0

Scots consult on alcohol marketing curbs

DDN - November 18, 2022 0

Supermarket alcohol prices in Scotland rose by 18 per cent after...

DDN - November 16, 2022 0

Time for a ‘polluter pays’ levy on tobacco firms, says APPG

DDN - November 11, 2022 0

More countries implementing harm reduction services

DDN - November 2, 2022 0

New liver cancer support service launched

DDN - October 28, 2022 0

Welsh drug deaths up by almost half

DDN - October 20, 2022 0

Government announces health inequality research funding

DDN - October 13, 2022 0

Biden pardons thousands convicted of cannabis possession

DDN - October 7, 2022 0

Global drug executions up by more than 300 per cent

DDN - September 22, 2022 0

County lines police need better training on child slavery and exploitation

DDN - September 15, 2022 0

More young people vaping while fewer taking drugs

DDN - September 7, 2022 0

Gambling firm hit with record £17m fine

DDN - August 18, 2022 0

Two thirds believe government’s drug policy not working

DDN - August 15, 2022 1

Scottish alcohol deaths at highest level for 13 years

DDN - August 5, 2022 0

Another record year for England and Wales drug deaths

DDN - August 3, 2022 0

Scotland sees slight fall in drug-related deaths

DDN - July 28, 2022 1

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