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British Columbia launches ‘healthcare over handcuffs’ decriminalisation experiment

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One in four women in prison being held on remand

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More support for children of alcohol-dependent parents

DDN - April 26, 2018 0

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A troubled relationship

DDN - November 12, 2021 0

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Fall in suspected Scottish drug deaths

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‘Perfect storm’ in young people’s services

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Half of people living with HIV are over 50

DDN - October 4, 2023 0

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A round-up of national news: November 2016

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Codeine cough syrup to be prescription-only

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Unions criticise services handover to third sector

DDN - June 29, 2012 0

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England sees ‘sharp decline’ in youth drinking

DDN - September 29, 2018 0

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Scotland confirms alcohol minimum unit price at 50p

DDN - February 27, 2018 0

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Local news – May 2015

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Seizures of cocaine at ‘record levels’ in Europe

DDN - June 7, 2019 0

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Upgrade ketamine to class B, urges ACMD

DDN - January 13, 2014 0

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Fatal anthrax case in England confirmed

DDN - September 4, 2012 0

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Government announces £12m winter payments for rough sleepers

DDN - October 13, 2020 0

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Only one in five know alcohol guidelines

DDN - July 4, 2023 0

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Gambling levy to raise £100m a year for treatment

DDN - October 17, 2023 0

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‘Loneliness epidemic’ pushing people towards alcohol

DDN - February 24, 2020 0

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Victor Adebowale to leave Turning Point after two decades

DDN - December 16, 2019 0

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More than half test positive in community hep C pilot

DDN - May 16, 2018 0

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Children and alcohol

DDN - February 5, 2015 0

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Alcohol duty freeze ‘a huge blow for health’

DDN - March 3, 2021 0

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Scots continuing to drink at unsafe levels

DDNWeb - June 25, 2025 0

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Duterte arrested for ‘crimes against humanity’

DDNWeb - March 11, 2025 0

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More than £550m needed to save treatment system, says Black report

DDN - July 8, 2021 0

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Benefit sanctions for refusing treatment

DDN - September 7, 2015 0

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‘No let up’ on legal highs, says government

DDN - April 13, 2015 0

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Heavy drinking set to cost NHS £17bn over next five years

DDN - July 24, 2017 0

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Humankind sets out harm reduction minimum standards

DDN - September 27, 2021 0

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It’s time to get tested, urges PHE

DDN - November 19, 2018 0

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UN drug policy a ‘spectacular failure’, says IDPC

DDN - October 23, 2018 0

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Another record year for Scottish drug deaths

DDN - July 30, 2021 0

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Lib Dems promise legal cannabis market

DDN - May 18, 2017 0

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Alcohol monitoring tags to be rolled out nationally

DDN - November 18, 2021 0

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Target ‘enablers’ of teen drinking, says think tank

DDN - December 2, 2013 0

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Safer drinking

DDN - February 2, 2015 0

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Make alcohol harm a ‘top priority’ for 2025, campaigners urge Streeting

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Smokers need social care ten years earlier

DDN - March 24, 2021 0

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Gambling treatment shows improvement for most people

DDN - November 30, 2021 0

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Majority of public supports alcohol health labelling, says AHA

DDN - July 11, 2023 0

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Drug services see reduction in frontline staff

DDN - March 9, 2015 0

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‘Bold policies’ needed to tackle drug deaths crisis, says royal college

DDN - March 3, 2021 0

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Prison safety under threat from rising NPS use

DDN - June 7, 2019 0

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‘Not in the public interest’ to prosecute users of consumption rooms,...

DDN - September 12, 2023 0

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NHS Scotland issues alert about ‘sudden collapse’ overdoses

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£5m funding for overdose-preventing tech projects

DDN - August 30, 2023 0

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Almost 70 per cent of 20-year-olds gamble

DDN - December 5, 2019 0

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Met should routinely carry naloxone, says London Assembly Health Committee

DDN - March 18, 2022 0

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Drug deaths in England and Wales up again

DDN - August 3, 2021 0

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Drug control a health and human rights ‘disaster’, says IDPC

DDN - April 13, 2021 0

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NHS England sets out ambitious plans to eradicate hep C

DDN - January 30, 2018 0

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Trump administration to step up ‘war on drugs’

DDN - April 20, 2017 0

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New resource to help minority ethnic groups

DDN - March 23, 2023 0

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UN drug statement ‘an embarrassment’, say harm reduction groups

DDN - April 7, 2014 0

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Most UK cannabis now ‘high potency’

DDN - February 28, 2018 0

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Media Savvy… Who’s been saying what?

DDN - April 15, 2013 0

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Turning Point’s Oxfordshire & Slough services achieve micro-elimination

DDN - September 19, 2023 0

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Young people’s drug use could be 20 per cent higher than...

DDN - January 19, 2021 0

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