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We’ll publish drug strategy by end of the year, government says

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New psychoactive substances detected

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MUP increases to 65p

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Government confirms compulsory levy for gambling operators

DDNWeb - November 27, 2024 0

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‘Perfect storm’ in young people’s services

DDN - February 3, 2022 0

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Duterte flown to The Hague, as lawyers file petition

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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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Ex-drug users in battle for business title

DDN - November 12, 2012 0

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UK’s drug prevention activity ineffective, says ACMD

DDN - May 17, 2022 0

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Funding fears for harm reduction

DDN - August 4, 2014 0

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Nearly two thirds of people drinking more for work-related reasons

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Young drug and alcohol consumption continues to fall

DDN - August 4, 2014 0

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Alcohol duty freeze ‘a huge blow for health’

DDN - March 3, 2021 0

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Huge increase in alcohol-related liver disease in under 30s

DDN - April 15, 2013 0

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All change for alcohol charities

DDN - November 5, 2018 0

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ACMD highlights prevention knowledge gap

DDN - March 9, 2015 0

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Government announces winter support for rough sleepers

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Mental health-based prevention scheme for young people pilots in UK

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Campaigners hail ‘monumental’ victory for US drug policy reform

DDN - November 5, 2020 0

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Six new nitazenes detected in ‘rapidly evolving’ European drug market last...

DDNWeb - June 11, 2024 0

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Suspected Scottish drug deaths up 7 per cent on same quarter...

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New psychoactive drug deaths double

DDN - September 2, 2013 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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White paper will set out new sanctions for drugs offences, says...

DDN - May 20, 2022 0

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Government to introduce vaping tax

DDN - March 6, 2024 0

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Scots consult on alcohol marketing curbs

DDN - November 18, 2022 0

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Government boosts HIV testing to ‘reduce stigma and tackle health disparities’

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‘Considerable progress’ towards eliminating hep C, says UKHSA

DDN - March 11, 2022 0

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Campaigners call for total alcohol advertising ban

DDN - January 19, 2017 0

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Scottish drug deaths up by more than 120

DDNWeb - August 20, 2024 0

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Regulated cannabis market would generate ‘£1bn’ in tax

DDN - June 4, 2018 0

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Sharp rise in clinicians seeking poisoning information about nitrous oxide and...

DDN - January 10, 2024 0

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Advertising watchdog upholds complaints against rehab referral companies

DDNWeb - January 10, 2025 0

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Legal high deaths ‘could’ top heroin deaths, says CSJ

DDN - August 21, 2014 0

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Prison system came ‘dangerously close to collapse’, says interim sentencing review

DDNWeb - February 18, 2025 0

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Most UK cannabis now ‘high potency’

DDN - February 28, 2018 0

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Ketamine treatment for people with alcohol disorder shows promising results

DDN - January 11, 2022 0

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Global executions for drug offences ‘at crisis levels’

DDNWeb - March 17, 2025 0

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Public health bodies call for decriminalisation of drugs

DDN - June 16, 2016 0

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Gambling levy to raise £100m a year for treatment

DDN - October 17, 2023 0

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Categorise people dependent on drugs as high-risk population, government urged

DDN - March 25, 2020 0

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A grand new website!

DDN - September 4, 2012 0

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On the margins – news focus

DDN - July 8, 2013 0

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Minimum pricing still on the cards

DDN - April 26, 2013 0

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Around 9,000 children are ‘problem gamblers’

DDN - December 9, 2016 0

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Marcus Roberts takes the helm at DrugScope

DDN - November 22, 2013 0

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Prison safety under threat from rising NPS use

DDN - June 7, 2019 0

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Latin American states consider consequences of drug reform

DDN - May 31, 2013 0

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Doctors call for urgent tobacco control plan

DDN - January 16, 2017 0

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Almost 30 countries now have some form of decriminalisation

DDN - January 27, 2020 0

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Clubbers warned to pace themselves as venues reopen

DDN - July 20, 2021 0

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Two million global alcohol-related deaths among men, says WHO

DDNWeb - June 26, 2024 0

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Time for a ‘fresh approach’ to policy, says UKDPC

DDN - November 5, 2012 0

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Scots drug-related deaths down from record highs

DDN - September 8, 2014 0

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Glasgow consumption room to open in October

DDNWeb - August 22, 2024 0

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New injecting patterns fuel HIV risks

DDN - December 2, 2013 0

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Time to end ‘tobacco epidemic’, government urged

DDN - June 9, 2021 0

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Government announces major workforce expansion for the field

DDN - May 14, 2024 0

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Harm reduction-based taskforce to look at student drug use

DDN - February 10, 2022 0

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Scots drug death taskforce up and running

DDN - September 6, 2019 0

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