Drink and Drugs News

The afternoon session saw lively, interactive discussions on three crucial topics – the ongoing fight against hep C, ensuring user involvement is genuine and...

There’s no quick fix for substance dependency, but it’s important to understand that you don’t have to struggle alone – it’s treatable and with...

Now in its 34th year, Recovery Month (September 2024) celebrates the success of those in recovery from all addictive behaviours. Through our campaigns, and in...

Drug and alcohol charity WithYou, partnered with Gilead Sciences, has achieved micro-elimination of hepatitis C across its North Somerset services – a huge step...

The government is to ban the powerful non-opioid sedative xylazine, along with 21 other substances, it has announced. A statutory instrument has been laid in...

Turning Point’s Clare Taylor discusses the need for continued government support for the 10-year drug strategy and the role of the sector in supporting...

MPs need to be careful to ‘avoid conflicts of interests’ with drinks industry lobbyists, says a report from the Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA), ASH...

The ideas flow... things feel possible ‘We already knew what works.’ This statement referred to peers mobilising with urgency around nitazenes – but it came...

The day’s second session heard from three different organisations who were putting lived experience at the heart of their activities. ‘The people who work for...

The first session of Stronger Together explored how people could unite to address the ever-increasing risks from nitazenes and other potent synthetic drugs. ‘In 2021...

With drug-related deaths on the increase, Peter Krykant looks ahead to Cranstoun’s Social Justice Conference 2024. Drug deaths and harms are increasing, the cost-of-living crisis...

Team GB's Rose Harvey ran the Paris Olympics marathon with a broken femur. Headlines talked of her extraordinary achievement, her resilience and her courage...