Government study finds drug policy ‘has no impact on use’
Treating drug possession as a health problem rather than a criminal matter has no impact on levels of substance misuse, an official Government study has found. Drug use is not
Read More
Log In
Sign Up
Tag: Drugs
3000 fewer using drugs in Northern Ireland
The number of people presenting to drugs misuse services in Northern Ireland shows a 9% drop in the latest report. The figure is revealed in The Department of Health, Social
Read More
Report: Health services and changing patterns of drug use
A report said that drug use in the United Kingdom was changing, with increasingly available novel psychoactive substances (often referred to as ‘legal highs’), increasing numbers of people presenting for
Read More
Banbridge groups meet on recent NI drug deaths
Approximately nine people a month are losing their lives due to drug-related incidents throughout Northern Ireland. That was the stark message given by Health Minister Edwin Poots as he met
Read More
No laughing matter as councils warn of potentially lethal drug
A national public health warning is being issued by councils about ‘laughing gas’ as they launch a crackdown on the potentially lethal drug. The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents
Read More
Webwatch – The Film and Alcohol Video Exchange (FEAD)
One of the most significant developments on the Internet of late has been the step change in quality of web-based video. You don’t have to be a geek to appreciate
Read More
Drug use in prison: assessment report
The report presents a review of tools for monitoring illicit drug use in prison population in Europe. The objective of the report is to describe the existing tools used at
Read More
Legal high hospital admissions rise
Hundreds of people have been admitted to hospital across Scotland after taking so-called legal highs in the past five years, according to new figures. The problem, highlighted in a Scottish
Read More
Northern Ireland drug deaths ‘different from rest of UK’
Drugs-related deaths in Northern Ireland are mostly linked to prescription drugs, unlike other regions of the UK, a study suggests. Whereas the vast majority of drug-related deaths in the UK
Read More
Drug death report reflects growing impact of lethal ‘legal highs’
The deadly risk of so-called ‘legal highs’ and other designer drugs, such as the notorious ‘meow meow’, has been confirmed by a huge leap in their links to drug-related deaths
Read More