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UK’s first consumption room opens in Glasgow

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Treatment workforce expands in wake of strategy funding

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Pharmacists allowed to dispense methadone without prescription

DDN - April 8, 2020 0

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Supreme Court finally clears the way for minimum pricing

DDN - November 16, 2017 0

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Time to publish ‘evidence based’ alcohol strategy, government told

DDN - October 16, 2018 0

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MUP to increase to 65p

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England and Wales see sharp rise in drug deaths

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Wales considers raising minimum unit price to 65p

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Fall in drug-related hospital admissions

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Time to investigate Duterte for crimes against humanity, says Amnesty

DDN - July 8, 2019 0

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Voluntary gambling sponsorship ban on Premier League shirts will have little...

DDN - December 22, 2023 0

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Use cannabis reform to ‘repair historical injustices’, say campaigners

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County lines gangs recruiting ever-younger children

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Relax laws on e-cigarettes, urge MPs

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Six more synthetic opioids banned

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‘Golden triangle’ opium production up 22 per cent

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Government announces new drug powers as Baker replaces Browne

DDN - October 8, 2013 0

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New helpline for prisoners released during pandemic

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Cost of gambling harms ‘at least’ £1.27bn a year

DDN - October 1, 2021 0

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Biden administration launches harm reduction-based drug strategy in face of record...

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Scotland’s drug death toll at record high

DDN - July 16, 2019 0

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William Hill businesses fined almost £20m

DDN - March 29, 2023 0

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Trump administration to step up ‘war on drugs’

DDN - April 20, 2017 0

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Majority of public behind ‘smokefree generation’ plans, says government

DDN - December 6, 2023 0

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A grand new website!

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Middlesbrough HAT pilot has ‘dramatic impact’

DDN - November 9, 2020 0

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Codeine cough medicine could become prescription-only

DDN - July 18, 2023 0

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Record drug deaths for England and Wales

DDN - August 6, 2018 0

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Ireland introduces mandatory alcohol labelling

DDN - May 23, 2023 0

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Sustained budget cuts having severe impact on treatment system

DDN - January 10, 2018 0

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Government pledges cash for rough sleeper substance support

DDN - December 15, 2020 0

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Please Mr President

DDN - April 15, 2013 0

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Welsh drug deaths up by almost half

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Government consults on proposals for new drug-driving offences

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

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Alcohol duty freeze ‘a huge blow for health’

DDN - March 3, 2021 0

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Safer drinking

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Campaigners hail ‘monumental’ victory for US drug policy reform

DDN - November 5, 2020 0

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Drug policy reform calls gather momentum

DDN - June 2, 2014 0

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Tobacco and vapes bill included in King’s Speech

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Home Office gives go-ahead for pilot drug-testing scheme

DDN - February 25, 2019 0

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Overdose deaths up across Europe

DDN - June 6, 2017 0

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PHE: Increase hep C treatment or face liver cancer time bomb

DDN - July 7, 2014 0

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Number of countries supporting harm reduction at highest ever level

DDN - October 29, 2024 0

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Executions for drug offences up 850 per cent in two years

DDN - March 17, 2023 0

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Cautious welcome for increase in public health grant

DDN - March 19, 2020 0

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Set target to cut Scots alcohol consumption by 10 per cent,...

DDN - April 13, 2017 0

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Face-to-face contact with older service users essential, study finds

DDN - December 21, 2020 0

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Delayed drug strategy promises ‘national recovery champion’

DDN - July 14, 2017 0

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Northern Ireland records highest drug death total

DDN - January 17, 2020 0

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We’ll get through this, pledge activists

DDN - March 26, 2020 0

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News Focus

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A round-up of national news: December 2016

DDN - December 5, 2016 0

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Home Affairs Committee calls for shift to ‘public health-based interventions’

DDN - August 31, 2023 0

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Services failing vulnerable people with alcohol problems

DDN - July 24, 2019 0

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County lines police need better training on child slavery and exploitation

DDN - September 15, 2022 0

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Alcohol-related hospital admissions up 20 per cent in a decade

DDN - February 4, 2020 0

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Government to seek ACMD advice on reclassifying ketamine

DDNWeb - January 9, 2025 0

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Government launches wide ranging gambling review

DDN - December 9, 2020 0

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