News Archives - Drink and Drugs News

News in brief

DDN - May 6, 2014 0

Minimum pricing being implemented ‘effectively’

DDN - August 2, 2019 0

UN highlights ‘alarming’ rise in new drugs

DDN - June 26, 2013 0

Cocaine and ecstasy driving increase in class A use

DDN - July 16, 2018 0

Only 4 per cent of global drug users with HIV receiving...

DDN - March 9, 2015 0

Organisations working with offenders at increasing financial risk

DDN - May 5, 2015 0

Take alcohol ads off the streets, Scottish Government urged

DDN - March 7, 2017 0

News in brief

DDN - November 2, 2014 0

Boost harm reduction to halt deaths, government urged

DDN - September 2, 2017 0

PHE issues warning after sharp rise in overdoses

DDN - August 19, 2021 0

Coronavirus guidance issued for providers and commissioners

DDN - April 16, 2020 0

Shake up at Drinkaware over industry links

DDN - February 10, 2014 0

Childhood trauma can alter response to opioids

DDN - June 23, 2021 0

First national guidance on tackling street drinking issued

DDN - December 7, 2016 0

Number of over-40s in opiate treatment triples in a decade

DDN - June 18, 2019 0

Prison safety under threat from rising NPS use

DDN - June 7, 2019 0

Scotland records highest ever drug deaths

DDN - July 3, 2018 0

E-cigarettes ‘safer than smoking’

DDN - September 7, 2015 0

Just ten local authorities have increased treatment spending in last five...

DDN - August 16, 2021 0

Another record high for Scots drug deaths

DDN - December 15, 2020 0

Europe: ‘new era’ of declining heroin use and complex stimulant market

DDN - November 16, 2012 0

OST: more needs to be done to protect children

DDN - May 6, 2014 0

Eastern Europe still bucking HIV trend

DDN - October 7, 2013 0

Media Savvy: the news, and the skews, in the national media

DDN - November 4, 2016 0

North West tops alcohol-related liver deaths table

DDN - October 1, 2012 0

Fatal anthrax case in England confirmed

DDN - September 4, 2012 0

New psychoactive substances in Europe

DDN - July 6, 2015 0

Record number of drug-related mental health admissions

DDN - February 8, 2018 0

Relax laws on e-cigarettes, urge MPs

DDN - August 20, 2018 0

Alcohol death rate remains unchanged

DDN - March 9, 2015 0

Service users search for the ‘wow factor’

DDN - November 13, 2016 0

A quarter of drinkers consuming more during lockdown

DDN - July 3, 2020 0

London gets first dedicated detox unit for homeless people

DDN - June 10, 2021 0

Magic mushrooms may be as effective as antidepressants

DDN - April 15, 2021 0

New helpline for prisoners released during pandemic

DDN - May 6, 2020 0

England and Wales see sharp rise in drug deaths

DDN - September 9, 2014 0

‘Loneliness epidemic’ pushing people towards alcohol

DDN - February 24, 2020 0

Two in five homeless deaths now drug-related

DDN - October 1, 2019 0

National news from the substance misuse field

DDN - June 8, 2015 0

Wiltshire police issue Xanax warning

DDN - May 10, 2017 0

Nurses at risk from synthetic cannabinoid use in prisons

DDN - May 15, 2018 0

Sarah Newton MP comments on the new drug strategy

DDN - July 14, 2017 0

Heroin deaths double in just four years

DDN - September 10, 2016 0

Scots record highest ever drug-related hospital admissions

DDN - May 28, 2019 0

Recovery focus for updated ‘Orange Book’

DDN - July 19, 2017 0

Local authorities unready for hep C responsibility

DDN - April 15, 2013 0

A third of Scottish drug related deaths are parents

DDN - May 5, 2015 0

Alcohol minimum unit pricing still on the cards

DDN - May 8, 2013 0

Public health body backs festival drug testing

DDN - June 8, 2017 0

Cautious welcome for increase in public health grant

DDN - March 19, 2020 0

Gambling premises ten times more prevalent in deprived areas

DDN - August 23, 2021 0

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

DDN - November 5, 2012 0

Numbers seeking treatment for crack up nearly 20 per cent

DDN - October 23, 2018 0

Address ‘blind spot’ around older drinkers, charity urges

DDN - December 22, 2016 0

Delayed drug strategy promises ‘national recovery champion’

DDN - July 14, 2017 0

Prison staff overwhelmed by NPS crisis

DDN - March 7, 2016 0

Substance-related bereavement

DDN - July 6, 2015 0

Economic burden of alcohol could be almost 3 per cent of...

DDN - December 8, 2016 0

Provisional figures show 16 per cent increase in alcohol deaths

DDN - February 2, 2021 0

Scottish off-sales down 5 per cent in year after MUP

DDN - June 10, 2020 0

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