New data released by Public Health Wales shows that despite an overall decrease in hospital admissions for illicit drugs, the number of cocaine-related hospital admissions has increased by 114 per
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The number of people being treated for crack cocaine problems has increased by 18% since last year and 44% since the year before that, official figures show. There was also
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Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has called for an “urgent review” of the evidence around the legalisation of cannabis. Lord Hogan-Howe, who has always supported tough laws on cannabis,
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More than 200 suspected members of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested in a national crackdown. There are thought to be around 1,500 of the networks in operation in
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid has been accused of putting “party political dogma ahead of people’s lives” with his refusal to allow a safe injecting room to be set up in
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A drug dealer who trafficked three children including a teenage girl to use in a “county lines” crack and heroin selling ring has been jailed for 14 years after a
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Children are increasingly being prosecuted for selling cannabis and should be treated like victims of exploitation and not criminals, a report has argued. Research released on Wednesday found prosecutions of
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Applications to study the highly regarded Foundation degree (FdSc) in Addictions Counselling in September 2019 are now open. The degree is a franchised programme of the University of Bath, delivered
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Vaughan Gething, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services in Wales, has announced the re-appointment of Caroline Phipps as Chair of the Advisory Panel on Substance Misuse. She has been
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Eight scouts have been sent home from an international gathering after two teenagers were charged in relation to cannabis offences. A two-week “jamborette” is currently under way at Blair Atholl
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