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Dame Carol Black appointed independent drugs advisor

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LGA ‘encouraged’ by Public Health Grant funding announcement

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Wales records highest ever number of drug misuse deaths

DDN - December 17, 2025 0

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Urgent action needed to address impact of tobacco on people with...

DDN - December 16, 2025 0

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New three-year study to evaluate LEROs’ effectiveness

DDN - December 15, 2025 0

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Exponential increase in cocaine trafficking an ‘unprecedented phenomenon’, says outgoing EUDA...

DDN - December 12, 2025 0

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DHSC sets out new service delivery framework for co-occurring substance and...

DDN - December 11, 2025 0

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Government pledges to halve rough sleeping

DDN - December 11, 2025 0

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LGA calls for patient brokering crackdown

DDN - December 5, 2025 0

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Highest number of adults in treatment since records began

DDN - December 4, 2025 0

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Some illicit benzos 50 times stronger than others

DDN - December 3, 2025 0

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Government launches HIV action plan to ‘tackle stigma and end transmissions...

DDN - December 1, 2025 0

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Government launches first drug driving campaign in a decade

DDN - November 28, 2025 0

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Chancellor doubles remote gaming duty in budget

DDN - November 26, 2025 0

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More than half of adults affected in some way by addiction

DDN - November 25, 2025 0

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Tobacco harm reduction scholarship looking for new projects

DDN - November 24, 2025 0

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Government rules out changes to consumption room legislation

DDN - November 24, 2025 0

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‘Dire’ prison conditions undermining rehabilitation, say MPs

DDN - November 17, 2025 0

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PCCs to be scrapped

DDN - November 14, 2025 0

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Afghan opium cultivation falls by another 20 per cent

DDN - November 7, 2025 0

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NPS crackdown increased violence and suicide in prisons, say researchers

DDN - November 6, 2025 0

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Vaping overtakes smoking for the first time

DDN - November 4, 2025 0

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Prison drug crisis at ‘endemic levels’, commons committee warns

DDN - November 4, 2025 0

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Thousands with undiagnosed hepatitis and HIV found in A&E testing

DDN - October 31, 2025 0

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Early signs of changes to Scotland’s street benzo market, warns PHS

DDN - October 29, 2025 0

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More than 1,200 public health professionals urge ‘swift’ action on smoking...

DDN - October 27, 2025 0

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Alcohol industry ‘lobbied right up to the wire’ on ten-year health...

DDN - October 24, 2025 0

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Teenage drinking and drug use down across Europe

DDN - October 22, 2025 0

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Deaths involving nitazenes quadruple in a year

DDN - October 17, 2025 0

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Border Force seizes £1bn worth of cocaine in three months

DDNWeb - October 10, 2025 0

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Government consults on revising ‘outdated’ licensing rules

DDNWeb - October 10, 2025 0

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Police charge record number of senior county lines gang members

DDNWeb - October 9, 2025 0

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Deaths of homeless people up almost 10 per cent in a...

DDNWeb - October 8, 2025 0

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One in five adults ‘still addicted to tobacco’, says WHO

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Ketamine deaths increase twenty-fold in a decade

DDNWeb - September 30, 2025 0

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Urgent action needed to improve alcohol care in Scottish hospitals, say...

DDNWeb - September 26, 2025 0

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‘Any amount’ of alcohol increases dementia risk, say researchers

DDNWeb - September 24, 2025 0

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Scotland sees 7 per cent fall in alcohol-specific deaths

DDNWeb - September 23, 2025 0

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Goal of national IPS coverage ‘very close to being met’

DDNWeb - September 19, 2025 0

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Problem gambling ‘quadruples’ suicide risk in young people, say researchers

DDNWeb - September 17, 2025 0

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Opioid-related deaths more than 50 per cent higher than official figures,...

DDNWeb - September 16, 2025 0

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Government announces addiction research funding

DDNWeb - September 15, 2025 0

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Authorities missing opportunities to safeguard child criminal exploitation victims

DDNWeb - September 11, 2025 0

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New research project on substance dependency in care homes launched

DDNWeb - September 11, 2025 0

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Introduce mandatory alcohol labelling to protect against FASD, Balance urges

DDNWeb - September 10, 2025 0

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Scottish Government announces funding for women’s and young people’s services

DDNWeb - September 8, 2025 0

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Up to a quarter of vapes confiscated in schools contain spice

DDNWeb - September 5, 2025 0

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Children exposed to gambling content at ‘unprecedented levels’

DDNWeb - September 3, 2025 0

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Thirteen per cent fall in Scottish drug deaths

DDNWeb - September 2, 2025 0

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More than 85 per cent of treatment provider workforce now in...

DDNWeb - September 1, 2025 0

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Sites identified for potential Edinburgh consumption room

DDNWeb - August 27, 2025 0

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Funding uncertainty sees NHS tobacco services cut

DDN - August 15, 2025 0

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PHS issues new nitazenes alert

DDN - August 13, 2025 0

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Adfam and Collective Voice launch new families group

DDN - August 8, 2025 0

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‘Urgent’ strategy needed to address alcohol harm, campaigners warn

DDN - August 7, 2025 0

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Prison system came ‘close to collapse’ on three occasions

DDN - August 5, 2025 0

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NHS Ayrshire & Arran issues nitazene warning

DDN - August 4, 2025 0

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Drug-related harms on the increase across Scotland, warns PHS

DDNWeb - July 30, 2025 0

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White House targets harm reduction funding

DDNWeb - July 28, 2025 0

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Homeless people disproportionately at risk of hep C, charity warns

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