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The number of heroin and crack cocaine users in England has fallen below 300,000 for the first time, according to figures issued by the NTA.  The figure stood at 298,752 in 2010-11, according to Esti­mates of the prevalence of opiate use and/or crack cocaine use, down from a peak of more than 332,000 in […]

[…] drugs most likely to cause a problem for those aged 18-25 are alcohol and cannabis, according to Young people’s drug and alcohol treatment at the crossroads, alongside cocaine, ketamine, GBL and mephedrone. The majority of adult services, however, are geared towards treating heroin and crack dependency. The treatment system needs to be more flexible […]

[…] prevention, building and social enterprise and more. Click here for full details of the session. 4.00pm Conference close   Speaker Biographies Chris Robin As author of Crack Cocaine, The Open Door and co-founder of Janus Solutions where he has developed The Resonance Factor Chris Robin has never been afraid to ask difficult questions about the traditional […]

[…] Resource Centre, Otago in New Zealand. I found the ‘Fuel for Recovery’ article very interesting (DDN,16 January). The evidence that essential fatty acid (EFA) levels predict future cocaine use better than past cocaine use (in other words, nutritional status has more influence on drug taking compulsions than behaviour does) confirms my experience from treating […]

[…] the same period (DDN, September, page 4). Deaths involving heroin and morphine increased sharply between 2012 and 2014 – from 579 to 952 – while deaths involving cocaine also jumped dramatically, from 169 to 247 in the space of a year. Cocaine-related deaths have now increased for three years in a row, reaching an […]

[…] reducing the demand for drugs.’ The report also offers a regional breakdown across member state areas. West Africa is ‘rapidly developing into a major smuggling route for cocaine from Latin America through and into Europe’ it says, something that countries there are largely powerless to tackle. Italso calls on Afghanistan to do more to […]

Big spenders Drug users in the US spend an estimated $100bn annually on cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine, according to a White House-commissioned report from the Rand Corporation. Total expenditure is driven by a ‘minority of heavy users who consume on 21 or more days each month’, says What America’s users spend on illegal […]

[…] and Yatunde Diya from Nor th London were arrested trying to board a plane in the capital Accra last July. They both denied tr ying to smuggle cocaine in two laptop bags but the prosecution claimed they had been involved from the star t. The London Metro, 23 Januar y One of Nor thern […]

[…] in fact recovery was commonplace. In one of the reviewed studies, for example, Lopez-Quintero et al (‘Probability and predictors of remission from life-time nicotine, alcohol, cannabis or cocaine dependence’, Addiction, 2011) found that of those addicted to cocaine, 27 per cent had stopped using the drug after two years, 51 per cent had stopped […]

[…] the injectors reported having shared needles in the same period. Nearly a quarter those reporting use of heroin, and almost half (44 per cent) reporting use of cocaine, lived in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS region. Scottish minister for community safety, Fergus Ewing, promised a renewed emphasis on both promoting recovery and prevention […]

[…] than simply order young people that they should not use illegal substances, this means telling young people about the increased risk of hear t attacks associated with cocaine and the mental health effects of cannabis. This has been the approach of the ‘Frank’ campaign, which has benefited from over £23m of government funds in […]

[…] Portman Group’s independent complaints panel has upheld a complaint against a beer called Speedball, brought by Alcohol Focus Scotland. Named after the practice of combining heroin and cocaine, the beer is marketed as a ‘class A ale’ with a ‘vicious cocktail of active ingredients.’ The beer’s producer, BrewDog, was ‘seriously misguided in its claim […]

[…] work. He drinks now and again, and is a non smoker who exercises regularly. He has admitted to me that sometimes on a night out he takes cocaine and other drugs. He doesn't see this as a problem and tells me that it is just par t and parcel of modern Britain. Should I […]

[…] for the same period (DDN, September, page 4). Deaths involving heroin and morphine increased sharply between 2012 and 2014 – from 579 to 952 – while deaths involving cocaine also jumped dramatically, from 169 to 247 in the space of a year. Cocaine-related deaths have now increased for three years in a row, reaching an […]

[…] to become one of the most permissive countries in the world when it comes to narcotics, by lifting its ban on small amounts of marijuana, heroin and cocaine possession. The government said legislation would let authorities concentrate on violent drug gangs, but the move appalled their nor thern neighbours. The Mayor of San Diego, […]

The Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has decriminalised the use of drugs including opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA. The national government’s health department, has granted British Columbia an exemption under the country’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act People found in possession of up to 2.5g of drugs will no longer be arrested or […]

[…] new drugs, some people seem paralysed by abbreviations and slang names. But those same workers were skilled at working with people who had cravings, were bingeing on cocaine, or who were experiencing bad ecstasy-related comedowns. Reinforcing that their skills are transferable to newer compounds can leave workers empowered and more confident in engaging with […]

[…] global patterns of use and health consequences have largely remained stable, says the document, which estimates that problem drug users – primarily those dependent on heroin or cocaine – number around 27m worldwide, approximately 0.6 per cent of the world’s population. However, clear data for Africa and Asia – which jointly account for around […]

[…] patients presenting to the department did so on the night of the alleged incident, so even drugs with a short detection window should still have shown up. Cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamine and opiates, specifically codeine and morphine, were detected. Researchers did also note that some of the patients may have had their drinks spiked with […]

[…] probation, councils, the NTA and the London Drug Policy Forum. On the downside, of London residents who did drink, more were dependent on alcohol. Heroin and crack cocaine use also gave cause for concern: 1 per cent of London’s population were problematic users, representing more than 74,000 people. The 195 London treatment agencies offering […]

[…] know. Other drugs were showing a similar trend; we began to experience an ageing heroin population, and the use of other drugs such as MDMA, amphetamine and cocaine were not at the levels of the 1990s. Other drugs were apparently tailing off in popularity, but were causing real problems for those who carried on […]

Cocaine cutting agents More than 50 different cutting agents have been identified in cocaine, including some that can cause ‘serious medical harm’, according to an ACMD evidence review. ACMD initiated the review because of concerns over ‘increased consumption and a perception that the drug is “safe”,’ it says. Evidence is best Evidence-based practices […]

[…] with the substance are ‘not commensurate with control under the Misuse of Drugs Act’ and a ban would put ‘disproportionate burdens’ on its legitimate use. Meanwhile, global cocaine production increases by 35 per cent in just two years following a COVID-related slowdown, says UNODC. ‘The surge in the global cocaine supply should put all […]

[…] has been grounded in public service agreements,’ said Vic Hogg, head of the Drug Strategy Directorate. The focus had been on the ‘most dangerous drugs, heroin and cocaine’, but the harm index – ‘a system that brings together all harms drugs cause to society into a basket and values them’ – had shown that […]

[…] (DDN, December/January, page 5), with the figure now standing at more than 4,300.   18 per cent increase in the number of people seeking treatment for crack cocaine The numbers, taken from National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) data, show more people in treatment for crack problems across all age categories, including younger age […]

[…] social media platforms and the dark web, says EMCDDA, with the result that ‘a long-term impact of the pandemic could be the further digitalisation of drug markets’. Cocaine remains the second most-used drug in the EU after cannabis, with purity remaining at high levels. A record 213 tonnes were seized in 2019 and preliminary […]

[…] 250,000 – an increase of 2,500% • Cannabis use has increased from around half a million people to over 2.5 million – an increase of 400% • Cocaine seizures have increased from around 6kg a year to over 4,000kg a year, a 666 fold increase, but the UK still has the highest rate of […]

[…] to become one of the most permissive countries in the world when it comes to narcotics, by lifting its ban on small amounts of marijuana, heroin and cocaine possession. The government said legislation would let authorities concentrate on violent drug gangs, but the move appalled their nor thern neighbours. The Mayor of San Diego, […]

[…] COVID-19 and drub supplym, increasinb the risk that people may switch to fentanyl or its derivatives. Afbhanistan’s poppy harvest is beinb affected by the pandemicm, as is cocaine production in Colombia, which has bmeen hit by basoline shortabes. Disruption of air amnd land routes because of COVID-19 has also had a majorm impact on […]

[…] can do – even highly publicised killings by cannabis abusers. Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, 26 October Colombians would dispute the claim that Fry repeated on Newsnight: that, with cocaine consumption, ‘I’m the only person I hurt’. For them, a long line, more of blood than of powder, links the smallholdings of Cauca or Antioquia to the toilets […]

[…] target the nature of the drug and the experiences of the user in the same way as we have different treatment programmes for heroin use and crack cocaine use, rather than more generalist counselling or diversionary interventions that they have recognised as having little long term effect. They have also come to the conclusion […]

[…] and migraines, but is also used to treat other types of pain. In the substance use field acupuncture has been a popular alternative treatment for people with cocaine use problems – though this may have had more to do with the lack of an accepted conventional treatment than the particular merits of acupuncture, and […]

A man in recovery from alcohol and cocaine addiction is preparing to launch a £7m rehab and behavioural health centre – the only purpose-built facility of its kind in the UK.

[…] discovered. They are thought to be part of the UK arm of a ‘well-established’ organised crime group that used Dutch and British front companies to import heroin, cocaine and cannabis hidden in lorries carrying vegetables and juice. The group is responsible for importing more than 50 tonnes of drugs, says the agency, with six […]

[…] establish a £3.6m National County Lines Coordination Centre as part of its new Serious Violence Strategy. The strategy identifies ‘the changing drugs market’ – in particular, around crack cocaine – as ‘a key driver harming our communities’. Last year saw a 23 per cent increase in the number of people seeking treatment for crack (DDN, […]

Junaid tells us how he became involved in making a film for the 2017 Recovery Street Film Festival. In 2015 I was using crack cocaine and daily endangering my own life. I was involved in car crime and mentally and physically not in a very good place. The first time I got arrested and […]

The government has reignited the controversy around punishments for ‘middle class cocaine users’ with the announcement that a forthcoming white paper will set out tough new sanctions for drugs offences. People who choose to take drugs on a “casual” basis will face meaningful consequences Writing in The Telegraph, crime and policing minister Kit Malthouse […]

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[…] 15 as we could get into pubs. I left boarding school and went to college for about a year. There, I started smoking cannabis. This led to cocaine use, but I never felt I was addicted. I started taking pills in my late teens too, but my drinking was not an issue at that […]

[…] consider what might be coming our way. Denmark’s population of 5.6m includes an estimated 17,000 injecting drug users, principally using opiates but with an increasing use of cocaine. National statistics for drug-related deaths, collected by the police since 1970, and by the health service since 1995, show that since 2000 there have been around […]

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[…] support – Leo’s story I didn’t pick up my first drink until the age of 20 but from that point, I drank very heavily. In the mid-1990s, cocaine became part of my story as well and the consequences started to kick in. By 2000, I was completely out of control, barely hanging on to […]

[…] overdue.’ Meanwhile, the latest ONS figures show no change in overall drug use or class A drug use in England and Wales over the last year. Powder cocaine continues to be the second most commonly used drug after cannabis, although the proportion of frequent users fell from 14.4 per cent to 8.7 per cent. […]

[…] known as nitazenes, have adulterated a number of illicit drugs in the UK. It’s not clear exactly when this began, but evidence of them being present in cocaine and heroin was detected in 2021. Nitazenes are broadly equipotent to the fentanyls – or in layman’s terms, they’re many times stronger than heroin and morphine. […]

[…] World at One on BBC Radio 4 to promote the book and explained how writing kept him ‘connected’ to part of himself during his 20-year struggle with cocaine and heroin addiction. ‘Poetry helps me to be able to express myself with some of the things that I struggled with, some of the dark parts […]

[…] says YouGov.  The figures are even higher  among Labour voters, with 76 per  cent believing that the government  isn’t doing enough to tvackle  addiction issues and 70v per cent  that the government is failing  to reduce drug-related harm.  Among those surveyed overall, 7  per cent reported having had an  addiction problem themselves, with  b0 and bb per cent respectively  reporting that they’d had a  friend or family member with a v problem. While less than a vfifth  believed that criminalisation of  people who used drvugs was the  right approach, there was little  support for decriminalisation of  most drugs. Although  45 per cent supported  the decriminalisation of  cannabis and 28 pevr cent  magic mushrooms, just  b7 per cent supported  decriminalising MDMA  and b5 per cent  cocaine.  The figures for heroin  and crack cocaine were  bb and b0 per cent  respectively. More than half  of respondents, however,  backed the introduction of  consumption rooms, with  just a quarter stating that  they were actively opposed.  This reflects the findings  of a separate poll of b,500  people carried outv by Redfield and  Wilton Strategies on behalf ovf the  APPG for Drug Policy Reform, which  found that 49 per cent supported  overdose prevention centres. The  poll also revealed that more than 60  per cent supported drug checking v facilities at festivals and 67 per  cent supported naloxone provision,  while the most popular outcome  for people found in possessionv  of small quantities of drugs was  education or treatment rather than  prosecution.  The Redfield and Wilson results  […]

[…] blunt to just put it out there, but I had 3 failed attempts at ending my life. The route of these attempts was a severe addiction to cocaine. I had been using some form of stimulant from the age of 16 where I was supplied with vitamins as a professional rugby player. My game […]

[…] will not be sympathetic Scottish Government ministers, but sceptical European legal experts. Neil McKeganey, Scotsman, 7 September A mother who paid £300 for a dozen packets of cocaine as a birthday present for her daughter’s 18th has been spared jail. Nicola Austen, 37, with six previous drugs convictions, expected to be sent to prison […]

[…] 2011 and reversing the declining trend of recent years (DDN, March 2013, page 5). There was also an increase in the proportion of deaths involving stimulants including cocaine, following a decline in 2009 and stabilisation in 2010. London had the highest proportion of cocaine-related deaths at 15.2 per cent, while Liverpool recorded more drug-related […]

[…] 2011 and reversing the declining trend of recent years (DDN, March 2013, page 5). There was also an increase in the proportion of deaths involving stimulants including cocaine, following a decline in 2009 and stabilisation in 2010.  London had the highest proportion of cocaine-related deaths at 15.2 per cent, while Liverpool recorded more drug-related […]