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[…] taking on adult responsibilities or living in households where people misuse substances – are twice as likely to binge drink and 11 times more likely to use crack cocaine or heroin. If children regularly use substances from an early age, it can substantially impact their neurobiological and cognitive develop­ment, as well as affecting their ability […]

[…] pointed to unmet needs and unreached groups, the afternoon session highlighted the ongoing needs of the more ‘traditional’ harm reduction clients – particularly those injecting heroin and crack cocaine. Nigel Brunsdon from HIT provided insight into the deeply ingrained rituals – or ‘foreplay’ – of drug preparation and why these can be so hard to […]

[…] emergence of other psychoactive substances, image and performance enhancing drugs, ‘chemsex’ drugs, and misuse of prescription medicines. The pressing needs of an ageing cohort of heroin and crack cocaine users add to the problem. As minister for crime, safeguarding and vulnerability it is my responsibility to ensure that we do everything we can to tackle […]

[…] committed non-violent offences.’ Links were made between crime and drug-related issues, with the claim that ‘over half of women in prison report having used heroin, cocaine or crack in the four weeks prior to entry.’ The Prison Reform Trust advocated treating prisoners and their families with ‘humanity and respect,’ and Earle described women in […]

[…] drugs seized, with police instead offering information on treatment and other support ‘with referrals when requested’. The exemption will cover opioids including heroin and fentanyl, powder and crack cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine. It will still be illegal to possess the drugs in schools, childcare facilities or airports, however, and the province will work with health […]

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[…] when taking it orally wasn’t working quickly enough. When my prescription was abruptly cut off I went into withdrawals and ended up swapping to injecting heroin and crack cocaine. After getting myself clean I decided to start a blog to help those who are in my previous shoes and the family and friends of those […]

[…] programmes for adults over 18 who require assisted withdrawal from addictive substances from any combination 4of alcohol, heroin, recreational drugs, prescription drugs, st4imulants such as co4caine and crack cocaine, solvents and cannabis. bocus12www.focus12.co.uk • 01284 701702 Bury St Edmunds, Detox Centre Focus12 is a community ba4sed residential treatment centre offering intensiv4e primary treatment of alcoholism […]

[…] Risk Behaviour among Women in Methadone Treatment.  A.M. J. Drug Alcohol Abuse 2009, 35, 305-310. Freeman, Collier, Pirrill, Early Life Sex Abuse is a Risk Factor for Crack Cocaine Use in the Sample of Community Recruited Women at High Risk for Illicit Drug Use, 2002, 28, 109-131. Edwards Lee & Lyvers, Childhood Sexual Abuse and […]

[…] The ‘legal high’ methoxetamine – also known as MXE or mexxy – has become the first substance to be banned under a temporary class drug order (TCbO). TCDOs, which came into effect late last year ( DDN, December b011, page 4), give the home secretary power to ban any substance considered potentially harmful for a period of 1b months, pending advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on a permanent ban. Methoxetamine has been advertised on the internet since late b010 as a ‘safe’ and legal alternative to ketamine, the effects of which it is said to mimic. According to advice from ACMD submitted to the home secretary, the chemical structure of methoxetamine closely resembles that of both ketamine and phencyclidine (PCP).  The ACMD said that while there was very little information on the prevalence of methoxetamine use in the UK, there had been at least nine cases of analytically-confirmed acute methoxetamine toxicity in UK hospitals in the last six months. Although the drug is marketed as a ‘bladder-friendly’ version of ketamine – long-term use of which is associated with chronic bladder pathology – the chronic harms associated with the substance remained unknown, said ACMD. People caught supplying, manufacturing or importing the drug will now face up to 14 years in prison. Crime minister Lord Henley said the ban showed that the UK was ‘leading the way in  cracking down on new psychoactive substances’.  The home secretary has also informed the ACMD that a review of the latest evidence on ketamine itself is ‘now warranted’, as part of a letter setting out priorities for inclusion in the council’s b01b-13 work programme. ACMD last reviewed ketamine in b004, which led to the drug’s classification as class C under Labour.  SCOPE  FOR  A  MERGER DrugScope  and  eATA  have  announced plans  to  merge,  subject  to  approval from eATA membership. eATA will cease trading  as  a  separate  […]

[…] infection were stable, although four times higher in London than elsewhere in England and Wales, and there had been spikes in transmission of HIV, probably related to crack cocaine and increased risk behaviour. Needle and syringe sharing had declined overall, but the changing patterns could increase risk among different populations, so it was important to […]

[…] clinics (see news, page 5 ). Ritchie had started gambling while at school, using his dinner money to play on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBT), dubbed the ‘ crack cocaine of gambling’. Just seven years later he took his own life, with his parents arguing that he was addicted to ‘products licensed by the start’. Last […]

[…] systems like NDTMS as ‘there’s only a finite number of drugs you can list’.   The extent to which the sector has been target-driven around heroin and crack has also meant that, until recently, other drug users and alcohol users weren’t prioritised. ‘If you provided treatment for them it didn’t count towards your key […]

[…] some people close to me with their challenges around substance misuse. This was particularly driven by the arrival of cheap brown powder heroin in the ’80s and crack cocaine in the ’90s. My thoughts and feelings about drug and alcohol treatment at that time included anger and frustration, and of course compassion for the people […]

[…] made national headlines after the government cut the maximum stake it was possible to place on controversial fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) – often called the ‘ crack cocaine of gambling’ – from £100 to £2, while a 2019 paper published in the BMJ argued for a revision of the 2005 Gambling Act to include […]

[…] the only one that had lost my way, so it was inevitable that it needed to happen sooner or later. I’d been addicted for 27 years to crack cocaine, heroin and all other different substances. Change Grow Live helped me by sending me to rehab. I was asked ‘would you like to go?’ and at […]

[…] modern slavery referrals of minors are up by two thirds, mainly because of county lines gangs. 2019 County lines activity is still on the up, as is crack use, and City Roads becomes the field’s latest casualty. Prisons continue to struggle with rising NPS use and Release warns that councils are providing ‘drastically insufficient’ […]

[…] between potent strains of cannabis and psychosis, for example, but the fact those strains have spread owes much to their illegality. You could say similar things about crack cocaine and heroin, or Spice, the horrible synthetic cannabinoid that now saturates our prisons. Legalisation of cannabis in some American states has, admittedly, led to a free-for-all, […]

[…] treatment for problems with opiates, and almost 30 per cent for alcohol. Unlike previous years there was a fall in the number of people entering treatment for crack cocaine, used either with or without opiates, with the number at its lowest level since 2016-17. There was a 5 per cent increase in people entering treatment […]

[…] a criminal matter, however, compared to a third of over-65s. People were also asked to class the substances in terms of their impact on wider society, with crack cocaine and heroin considered the most harmful and nitrous oxide and cannabis the least. The figures ‘highlight the extent to which the government’s rhetoric and policies are […]

[…] be extra cautious about new suppliers and to make sure they have more naloxone with them than usual. It had also received earlier anecdotal information about possible crack cocaine contamination, it said.  ‘We are urging drug users to be extra careful following reports of a sharp rise in the number of overdoses potentially connected to […]

[…] the resignation of sports minister Tracey Crouch. The reduction will now be brought forward to next April. It is estimated that the machines – often called the ‘ crack cocaine of gambling’ – can account for around half of betting shop takings, with the Association of British Bookmakers stating that the maximum stake reduction would lead to […]