SNP MP urges Ministers to allow legal drug consumption rooms
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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Tag: Substance Misuse
Minimum unit pricing ‘important tool to reducing alcohol consumption’ in Wales
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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Invisible Addict report finds soaring drink and drug use among baby-boomers
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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Study reveals high-potency ‘skunk’ dominates UK cannabis market
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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Glasgow press ahead with plans to deliver treatment centre for heroin addicts
Health chiefs are pressing ahead with plans to deliver a treatment centre for heroin addicts in the hope of tackling a city’s drug problems. Glasgow City Health and Social Care
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Survey aims to understand how drug addicts have achieved successful recovery
A new European survey aimed at understanding how drug addicts have achieved successful recovery has been launched. The Life in Recovery survey is part of the REC-Path project, which is
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Drinkaware warns ‘worrying number’ of adults drinking to cope with day-to-day life
Almost three in five adults say they drink alcohol because it helps them cope with the pressures of day-to-day life, a survey has found. Research by Drinkaware looked at the
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‘Substantial proportion’ of private detox clinics not providing safe care, inspectors say
Patients who use private residential detox clinics are being put at risk of harm because a large number of these services are not providing safe care, health inspectors have said.
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Death rates linked to alcohol abuse rise ‘significantly’ for men aged 60 to 74
Death rates among 60 to 74-year-old men owing wholly to alcohol abuse have “increased significantly” since 2001, new figures show. The rise is particularly steep among men aged between 70
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Toll of parental alcohol abuse on teenagers revealed in survey
Hundreds of thousands of teenagers’ lives are blighted by the drinking problems of their parents, a charity has warned. The Children’s Society has estimated there are 700,000 teenagers across the
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