DDN publication dates 2024

DRINK AND DRUGS NEWS (DDN) is the monthly magazine for everyone working with substance use issues. Since 2004 it has become established as the authoritative voice of the sector, the place for in-depth news and features and the forum for debate.

Scroll down for advertising information, issue dates and the 2024 features schedule.

Published independently by CJ Wellings, DDN is distributed through a printed circulation that has a readership of more than 25,000. The website, receives more than 21,000 visitors a month and the DDN Bitesize weekly email alerts go to 7,000 subscribers. It’s the place to find all the latest news, comment, information, resources and jobs. With its thriving comment and letters pages, the magazine is the must-read forum, linking to the DDN Facebook page and over 10,000 Twitter followers.

The DDN community links people working with drug and alcohol problems with the wider health and social care field. Through fair and balanced journalism the magazine has become valued as the regular read for a discerning and interactive community that includes treatment agencies, commissioners, medical professionals including GPs and nurses, those working in the criminal justice service, housing professionals, social workers, politicians and policy-makers, service users, advocates and people working in education, prevention and all areas of public health.

Advertising to DDN’s targeted readership represents excellent value for money. With our design team offering a first-class layout service at no extra charge, we make the advertising process as seamless as possible, and the testimonials speak for themselves in showing that DDN always reaches a captive audience and gives a direct route to the right candidates. 

To find out more about advertising please contact

e: ian@cjwellings.com t: 07711 950 300

Articles and feature contributions need to be emailed to claire@cjwellings.com by the 15th of the month before the press date. (News items can be sent up to the last minute!) The deadline for letters and comment is the Wednesday before publication. Please get in touch to discuss features so they can be scheduled in advance.

The advertising print deadline for each issue is 5pm on the Thursday before publication. Please email ian@cjwellings.com for details

The mechanical information and sizes for print adverts is available here.


We publish ten issues a year, the issue dates for 2024 are:

  • February issue: Monday 5 February
  • March issue: Monday 4 March 
  • April issue: Monday 1 April 
  • May issue: Monday 6 May
  • June issue: Monday 3 June
  • July/August issue: Monday 1 July
  • September issue: Monday 2 Sept
  • October issue: Monday 7 October
  • November issue: Monday 4 November
  • December/January 2024 issue: Monday 2 December

DDN Conference: Thursday 11 July

Articles and feature contributions need to be emailed to claire@cjwellings.com by the 15th of the month before the press date. (News items can be sent up to the last minute!) The deadline for letters and comment is the Wednesday before publication. Please get in touch to discuss features so they can be scheduled in advance – and please see the scheduled themes for each month, below.

The advertising print deadline for each issue is 5pm on the Thursday before publication. Please email ian@cjwellings.com for details

The mechanical information and sizes for print adverts is available here.

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Editorial features schedule 2024

February: Fitness & wellbeing, Mental health

March: Alcohol, Training & careers

April: Criminal justice, Veteran support

May: Housing and resettlement, Women’s services

June: Early trauma, Volunteering 

July/August: Gambling, Family & carers

September: DDN Conference Special issue

October: Homelessness, Mental health 

November: Alcohol (Alcohol Awareness Week, 18-25 November), Lung health/smoking 

December/Jan: Early trauma, Gambling

Throughout the year: ideas and innovations for the ‘best practice exchange’; career stories for the ‘I am a…’ series; interviews, Q&As, profiles, professional ‘clinics’, and advice pages. Articles on tackling stigma are always welcome.

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