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Deaths involving nitazenes quadruple in a year

DDN - October 17, 2025
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Border Force seizes £1bn worth of cocaine in three months

DDNWeb - October 10, 2025
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Government consults on revising ‘outdated’ licensing rules

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Police charge record number of senior county lines gang members

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GHB should be reclassified, says ACMD

DDN - November 20, 2020 0
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More than half of over 50s drinking at risky levels

DDN - November 18, 2020 0
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A week’s units ‘for the price of a coffee’

DDN - November 10, 2020 0
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Middlesbrough HAT pilot has ‘dramatic impact’

DDN - November 9, 2020 0
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Campaigners hail ‘monumental’ victory for US drug policy reform

DDN - November 5, 2020 0
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CAP consults on tightening gambling ad codes

DDN - October 22, 2020 0
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Another record high for England and Wales drug deaths

DDN - October 14, 2020 0
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Government announces £12m winter payments for rough sleepers

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Treatment services risk being overwhelmed, warns royal college

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New alcohol strategy needed ‘urgently’

DDN - September 14, 2020 0
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Government to scrap PHE

DDN - August 18, 2020 0
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Home secretary ‘minded to’ explicitly exempt poppers from Psychoactive Substances Act

DDN - August 13, 2020 0
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Northern Ireland to consult on minimum pricing

DDN - July 31, 2020 0
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Tayside achieves world first in effectively eliminating hep C

DDN - July 28, 2020 0
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Government to consult on calorie labelling for alcohol

DDN - July 27, 2020 0
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A million have quit smoking since lockdown

DDN - July 17, 2020 0
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A quarter of drinkers consuming more during lockdown

DDN - July 3, 2020 0
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Government launches second phase of Carol Black review

DDN - July 2, 2020 0
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More than 120 children slain in Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’

DDN - June 30, 2020 0
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Gambling oversight ‘complacent’ and ‘weak’, says Commons committee

DDN - June 29, 2020 0
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Urgent action needed to address lockdown ‘time bomb’, warns Adfam

DDN - June 26, 2020 0
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Government announces interim housing plans for rough sleepers

DDN - June 24, 2020 0
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Time to ban all gambling ads, say MPs

DDN - June 16, 2020 0
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Scottish off-sales down 5 per cent in year after MUP

DDN - June 10, 2020 0
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‘Resilient’ organised crime groups adapting to pandemic conditions

DDN - June 1, 2020 0
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Don’t squander chance to end rough sleeping, urge parliamentarians

DDN - May 26, 2020 0
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Early Day Motion salutes vital role of treatment services

DDN - May 22, 2020 0
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Half of people with gambling disorders have not accessed support

DDN - May 19, 2020 0
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Government denies imminent end to rough sleeper funding

DDN - May 15, 2020 0
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New helpline for prisoners released during pandemic

DDN - May 6, 2020 0
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Scots widen availability of naloxone

DDN - May 4, 2020 0
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Gambling firms suspend TV ads during lockdown

DDN - April 28, 2020 0
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Online COVID-19 support tool launched in Scotland

DDN - April 23, 2020 0
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Substance misuse staff eligible for testing

DDN - April 20, 2020 0
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Coronavirus guidance issued for providers and commissioners

DDN - April 16, 2020 0
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Regular drinkers consuming more during lockdown

DDN - April 16, 2020 0
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London rough sleepers housed in hotels

DDN - April 15, 2020 0
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Pharmacists allowed to dispense methadone without prescription

DDN - April 8, 2020 0
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‘Aspirational’ treatment standards published by WHO and UNODC

DDN - April 6, 2020 0
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We’ll get through this, pledge activists

DDN - March 26, 2020 0
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Categorise people dependent on drugs as high-risk population, government urged

DDN - March 25, 2020 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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Cautious welcome for increase in public health grant

DDN - March 19, 2020 0
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Government announces £3.2m emergency funds for rough sleepers

DDN - March 18, 2020 0
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Government’s coronavirus advice on protecting rough sleepers ‘inadequate’, says Crisis

DDN - March 16, 2020 0
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Sales of low-alcohol beers up 30 per cent

DDN - March 13, 2020 0
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Disappointment for campaigners looking for alcohol duty increase

DDN - March 12, 2020 0
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Betway hit with record £11m fine for failing ‘VIP’ customers

DDN - March 12, 2020 0
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Government speeds up access to cannabis-based medicines

DDN - March 5, 2020 0
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Drugs market has ‘never caused greater harm’, says Carol Black review

DDN - February 28, 2020 0
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‘Loneliness epidemic’ pushing people towards alcohol

DDN - February 24, 2020 0
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Addiction psychiatry facing oblivion, royal college warns

DDN - February 19, 2020 0
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Cannabis legalisation a mental health risk, says Rethink

DDN - February 10, 2020 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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Have your say on alcohol harm

DDN - February 3, 2020 0
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Homeless people dying of preventable substance problems

DDN - January 29, 2020 0
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Scottish off-sales down almost 4 per cent since MUP

DDN - January 28, 2020 0
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Almost 30 countries now have some form of decriminalisation

DDN - January 27, 2020 0
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Proportion of prisoners developing drug problem doubles in five years

DDN - January 21, 2020 0
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Northern Ireland records highest drug death total

DDN - January 17, 2020 0
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There were 5,565 deaths related to drug poisoning registered in England and Wales in 2024, according to the latest ONS figures with deaths involving #nitazenes quadrupling in a year



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There were 5,565 deaths related to drug poisoning registered in England and Wales in 2024, according to latest ONS figures – up from 5,448

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