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UK’s drug prevention activity ineffective, says ACMD

DDN - May 17, 2022 0

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Ireland to implement minimum pricing from next year

DDN - May 5, 2021 0

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Afghanistan sees record opium crop

DDN - December 2, 2013 0

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Government announces £12m winter payments for rough sleepers

DDN - October 13, 2020 0

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Government bans nitrous oxide

DDN - March 27, 2023 0

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Patients not properly warned about dependence risks of prescription drugs

DDN - February 6, 2024 0

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Peter Krykant dies aged 48

DDNWeb - June 12, 2025 0

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National news from the substance misuse field

DDN - October 5, 2015 0

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Improve cooperation to tackle criminal justice system’s health inequalities

DDN - January 23, 2017 0

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Almost 70 per cent back ‘smokefree generation’ policy

DDNWeb - May 30, 2025 0

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Government denies imminent end to rough sleeper funding

DDN - May 15, 2020 0

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OST: more needs to be done to protect children

DDN - May 6, 2014 0

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Fentanyl behind 80 per cent increase in New York overdose deaths

DDN - January 16, 2023 0

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Government confirms compulsory levy for gambling operators

DDNWeb - November 27, 2024 0

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Campaigners call for urgent reform in sixth annual day of action

DDN - June 26, 2018 0

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Almost half of MDMA sold at festivals last year was fake

DDN - June 8, 2022 0

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Services failing vulnerable people with alcohol problems

DDN - July 24, 2019 0

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Marcus Roberts takes the helm at DrugScope

DDN - November 22, 2013 0

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Heaviest drinkers bought 17 times more alcohol than light drinkers during...

DDN - January 19, 2022 0

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Drug poisoning admissions continue to rise

DDN - November 29, 2019 0

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Scots hit treatment targets early

DDN - October 1, 2012 0

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Children and alcohol

DDN - February 5, 2015 0

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Barriers remain to accessing residential rehab, says Public Health Scotland

DDN - February 14, 2024 0

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Time to ban all gambling ads, say MPs

DDN - June 16, 2020 0

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Unions criticise services handover to third sector

DDN - June 29, 2012 0

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Addiction Awareness Week: Sixty per cent of Britons know someone with...

DDN - June 10, 2019 0

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Upgrade ketamine to class B, urges ACMD

DDN - December 11, 2013 0

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Proportion of current smokers falls to lowest ever level

DDNWeb - October 2, 2024 0

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Highest number of drug deaths in quarter of a century

DDN - August 3, 2017 0

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Local news from the substance misuse field

DDN - December 9, 2015 0

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Poor commissioning practices hitting smaller charities

DDN - December 20, 2016 0

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Budget cuts could reverse falling drug use rates among young people

DDN - November 5, 2012 0

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Nine out of ten councils now provide take-home naloxone

DDN - August 1, 2017 0

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Doctors warn on prescription drug addiction

DDN - January 23, 2013 0

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European drug scene in a ‘state of flux’

DDN - May 28, 2013 0

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Family members urged to share their experiences

DDN - May 16, 2017 0

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Ireland introduces mandatory alcohol labelling

DDN - May 23, 2023 0

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Alcohol monitoring tags to be rolled out nationally

DDN - November 18, 2021 0

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We Are With You launches ‘Never Use Alone’ phone line

DDN - November 16, 2021 0

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Scottish off-sales down almost 4 per cent since MUP

DDN - January 28, 2020 0

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Government already delivering ‘balanced public health approach’ to drugs

DDN - November 15, 2023 0

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Treatment services risk being overwhelmed, warns royal college

DDN - September 15, 2020 0

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Half of Scots drinking more during pandemic

DDN - April 22, 2021 0

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News in brief – May 2015

DDN - May 5, 2015 0

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Take alcohol ads off the streets, Scottish Government urged

DDN - March 7, 2017 0

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One in seven planning to do Dry January

DDN - December 21, 2022 0

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Scottish courts uphold minimum pricing plans

DDN - November 4, 2016 0

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Dehumanising language rife when discussing homelessness, say researchers

DDNWeb - June 5, 2025 0

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Prevention-based alcohol strategy urgently needed, say health professionals

DDNWeb - November 27, 2024 0

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Scottish drug deaths up by more than 120

DDNWeb - August 20, 2024 0

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Drug-related A&E admissions in Scotland up by 13 per cent

DDN - July 26, 2023 0

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Eighties deprivation blamed for Scots drug deaths

DDN - August 1, 2017 0

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Universities and colleges ‘failing to protect’ students from drug harms

DDN - April 26, 2018 0

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Drug seizures at highest ever level

DDN - January 19, 2024 0

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England on track to end new HIV transmissions by 2030

DDN - June 8, 2023 0

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Government must ‘create a national strategy’ for children of alcoholics

DDN - February 18, 2017 0

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Alcohol industry ‘can’t be trusted’ on responsible drinking

DDN - December 12, 2014 0

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Harm reduction-based taskforce to look at student drug use

DDN - February 10, 2022 0

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Racial disparity in stop and search increasing, says report

DDN - October 15, 2018 0

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Heroin deaths continue to fall

DDN - April 15, 2013 0

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