The number of prescriptions for powerful painkillers in England has nearly doubled in 10 years, it has been reported. The surge in people taking opioids such as morphine has prompted
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Ministers have been urged to back legal drug consumption rooms in a bid to help end the “damaging” status quo for addicts and the public. SNP MP Alison Thewliss (pictured)
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Minimum unit pricing for alcohol will be a major part of a wider package of measures to reduce the harms caused by excessive alcohol consumption in Wales, Health Secretary Vaughan
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Drink and drug abuse is rising among “baby-boomers” behind closed doors, a new report warns. The research highlights the growing problem of alcohol and illicit substance misuse among older people.
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So-called “skunk” now almost completely dominates the cannabis market in the UK, a study suggests. High-potency strains of the drug accounted for the vast majority of police seizures in a
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The Scottish Government has confirmed it will set a minimum price for alcohol of 50p a unit, despite concerns from some it could see the policy’s effectiveness “considerably reduced”. It
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Three quarters of all alcohol consumed in Wales is drunk by less than a quarter of the adult population who are hazardous or harmful drinkers and spend up to £2,882
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There should be a national database of patients taking large amounts of opioid painkillers, researchers have said. The call comes after a new study found that opioid prescribing is on
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The chairman of an inquiry into public services which came into contact with a double killer and his victims before they died said lessons will be learned if mistakes were
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The growing problem of prescription drug addiction is to be reviewed by health officials, the Government has announced. Public health minister Steve Brine has commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to
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