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Alcohol deaths five times higher in Scotland’s deprived areas

DDN - June 21, 2022 0

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Government pledges housing support cash for areas most in need

DDN - February 3, 2023 0

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UN drug policy a ‘spectacular failure’, says IDPC

DDN - October 23, 2018 0

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Collective Voice calls for government position statement on drug and alcohol...

DDN - February 11, 2026 0

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A grand new website!

DDN - September 4, 2012 0

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New guidance on peer volunteers

DDN - March 7, 2022 0

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North South Charity Merger

DDN - November 19, 2018 0

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Only one in five know alcohol guidelines

DDN - July 4, 2023 0

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Prison safety under threat from rising NPS use

DDN - June 7, 2019 0

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‘Perfect storm’ in young people’s services

DDN - February 3, 2022 0

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‘A national tragedy’ – Record drug fatalities for Scotland

DDN - September 2, 2016 0

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Services failing vulnerable people with alcohol problems

DDN - July 24, 2019 0

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Upgrade ketamine to class B, urges ACMD

DDN - January 13, 2014 0

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Media savvy

DDN - June 6, 2016 0

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Irish liver cancer rates up 300 per cent in two decades

DDN - January 10, 2017 0

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Gambling on credit cards to be banned from April

DDN - January 14, 2020 0

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Drop ‘politically motivated’ charges against drug war critic, Duterte told

DDN - March 1, 2017 0

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Scottish government launches charter of rights for people affected by substance...

DDNWeb - December 16, 2024 0

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Provisional figures show slight fall in Scottish drug deaths

DDN - September 15, 2021 0

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Government bans nitrous oxide

DDN - March 27, 2023 0

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Marcus Roberts takes the helm at DrugScope

DDN - December 2, 2013 0

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Alcohol deaths in Scotland up during pandemic despite falling sales

DDN - February 22, 2022 0

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Monthly drug-driving arrests top 400

DDN - June 15, 2015 0

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Local news from the substance misuse field

DDN - December 9, 2015 0

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Scots drug death taskforce up and running

DDN - September 6, 2019 0

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News in brief

DDN - August 4, 2014 0

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Label calories on drinks, says health body

DDN - December 1, 2014 0

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More than half test positive in community hep C pilot

DDN - May 16, 2018 0

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Local authorities unready for hep C responsibility

DDN - April 15, 2013 0

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Almost 90 new synthetic opioids on European market since 2009

DDNWeb - June 5, 2025 0

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Government announces health inequality research funding

DDN - October 13, 2022 0

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Smoking rates hit record low

DDN - June 16, 2017 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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Recommend vaping to help people quit smoking, says NICE

DDN - June 25, 2021 0

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LGA calls for patient brokering crackdown

DDN - December 5, 2025 0

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Gambling levy to raise £100m a year for treatment

DDN - October 17, 2023 0

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Time to change direction on drugs

DDN - June 2, 2014 0

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Government denies imminent end to rough sleeper funding

DDN - May 15, 2020 0

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Heavy drinking set to cost NHS £17bn over next five years

DDN - July 24, 2017 0

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Government plans ‘smoke-free generation’

DDN - October 5, 2023 0

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Minimum pricing fails to make Queen’s Speech

DDN - May 10, 2013 0

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News in brief

DDN - August 1, 2013 0

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Organisations working with offenders at increasing financial risk

DDN - May 5, 2015 0

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‘No slowdown’ in new psychoactive substances, says EMCDDA

DDN - April 11, 2016 0

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Children of treatment staff can continue to attend school, PHE confirms

DDN - March 23, 2020 0

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Alcohol treatment failing NEET young people

DDN - January 15, 2026 0

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More than half of services see reduction in frontline staff

DDN - February 12, 2015 0

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Better collaboration needed to tackle county lines properly

DDN - January 10, 2020 0

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Suspected Scottish drug deaths up by 10 per cent

DDN - March 14, 2024 0

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Alcohol deaths highest for 20 years

DDN - May 6, 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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New app helps to locate free naloxone

DDN - August 31, 2023 0

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UK’s first regular drug testing facility launches in Bristol

DDN - January 26, 2024 0

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Urgent action needed to address impact of tobacco on people with...

DDN - December 16, 2025 0

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Scots pass ‘landmark’ alcohol minimum pricing bill

DDN - June 1, 2012 0

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‘Urgent’ strategy needed to address alcohol harm, campaigners warn

DDN - August 7, 2025 0

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Government announces new drug powers as Baker replaces Browne

DDN - November 4, 2013 0

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MUP having little effect on dependent and harmful drinkers

DDN - June 7, 2022 0

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Duterte temporarily suspends his ‘war on drugs’

DDN - January 31, 2017 0

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Scots consider methadone evidence

DDN - November 5, 2012 0

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