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Make sure people’s drinking habits are correctly recorded, NICE urges GPs

DDN - January 31, 2023 0

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Government accepts majority of sentencing review recommendations

DDNWeb - May 23, 2025 0

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Government to seek ACMD advice on reclassifying ketamine

DDNWeb - January 9, 2025 0

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Half of people living with HIV are over 50

DDN - October 4, 2023 0

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Relax laws on e-cigarettes, urge MPs

DDN - August 20, 2018 0

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Extra 3p on beer would ‘raise £100m for alcohol treatment’

DDN - September 12, 2018 0

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Home Office issues new synthetic opioid guidance

DDNWeb - May 14, 2025 0

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Drug harm costing Scotland £6bn a year, says think tank

DDN - March 25, 2026 0

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Ketamine seizures hit 15-year high

DDN - September 1, 2026 0

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Latin American states consider consequences of drug reform

DDN - May 31, 2013 0

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Time for a ‘polluter pays’ levy on tobacco firms, says APPG

DDN - November 11, 2022 0

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MPs to vote on tobacco and vapes bill today

DDNWeb - November 26, 2024 0

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UN drug policy a ‘spectacular failure’, says IDPC

DDN - October 23, 2018 0

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London rough sleepers housed in hotels

DDN - April 15, 2020 0

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Government launches independent prison review

DDN - July 3, 2026 0

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William Hill businesses fined almost £20m

DDN - March 29, 2023 0

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England and Wales see sharp rise in drug deaths

DDN - October 6, 2014 0

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

DDN - June 18, 2019 0

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Alcohol deaths up again

DDN - February 8, 2017 0

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Correct methadone dosage vital for people being treated for TB

DDN - May 22, 2019 0

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More support needed for older people with drug and alcohol problems

DDN - February 27, 2014 0

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Safer drinking

DDN - February 2, 2015 0

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Scotland launches stigma campaign

DDN - December 6, 2021 0

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Another record high for England and Wales drug deaths

DDN - October 14, 2020 0

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A third of services report funding decrease

DDN - February 13, 2014 0

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News in brief

DDN - March 10, 2014 0

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Giving prison leavers OST on final day cuts drug death risk...

DDN - April 23, 2026 0

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More action needed to avert US-style fentanyl crisis, says ACMD

DDN - January 7, 2020 0

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CMO toughens alcohol guidelines

DDN - February 3, 2016 0

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A round-up of national news: November 2016

DDN - November 11, 2016 0

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Assume street drugs are contaminated with other substances, says Public Health...

DDN - February 6, 2026 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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Betway hit with record £11m fine for failing ‘VIP’ customers

DDN - March 12, 2020 0

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CGL and Sova announce full merger

DDN - March 1, 2019 0

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‘No safe level’ of alcohol consumption

DDN - August 24, 2018 0

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Increase investment in alcohol treatment, Scottish Government urged

DDNWeb - December 3, 2024 0

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UK alcohol deaths at highest ever level

DDN - April 22, 2024 0

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‘One in five’ in North East could have undiagnosed liver disease

DDN - October 13, 2021 0

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Parents ‘twice as likely’ to be drinking more heavily since lockdown

DDN - February 19, 2021 0

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Ring fence funding and prioritise prevention, say ‘people’s panel’ members

DDNWeb - January 22, 2025 0

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Cultivating problem

DDN - May 8, 2013 0

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Gambling firms suspend TV ads during lockdown

DDN - April 28, 2020 0

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National News July/August 2016

DDN - July 8, 2016 0

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Trump calls for death penalty for drug dealers

DDN - March 20, 2018 0

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Trump declares opioid crisis ‘a public health emergency’

DDN - October 27, 2017 0

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New chief appointed for Addaction

DDN - January 27, 2017 0

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Better data sharing needed to tackle opioid crisis, warns Cranstoun

DDN - August 31, 2023 0

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NPS still being detected in Europe at a rate of one...

DDN - June 9, 2026 0

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People with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders ‘suffering harm...

DDNWeb - May 13, 2025 0

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NHS to double number of gambling clinics

DDN - July 4, 2023 0

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Drugs the ‘single most destabilising factor’ across prison estate

DDN - June 10, 2026 0

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Government consults on proposals for new drug-driving offences

DDN - August 5, 2013 0

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‘Loneliness epidemic’ pushing people towards alcohol

DDN - February 24, 2020 0

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Problem drug use ‘not a personal failing’, says SDF manifesto

DDN - April 22, 2021 0

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News in brief

DDN - May 6, 2014 0

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Liver disease stats map out stark inequalities

DDN - September 14, 2017 0

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Almost 70 per cent of 20-year-olds gamble

DDN - December 5, 2019 0

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Turning Point launches integrated substance use and mental health resource

DDN - August 3, 2021 0

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Government announces £310m drug and alcohol grant funding

DDNWeb - March 31, 2025 0

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Rehabs ‘failing’ older drinkers

DDN - November 20, 2017 0

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