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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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 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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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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Specialist “drying out” centres could be created to hold people who are detained while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a major review suggests. Ministers were urged to look
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A new law that will introduce a minimum price for the sale of alcohol in Wales has been unveiled by the Welsh Government. The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol)
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Louis Theroux reduced viewers to tears with his “harrowing” new programme about drug addiction. The documentary maker travelled to Huntington, West Virginia, to explore the impact of heroin use as
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A new report warns that drug recovery work in prison is largely futile unless suitable accommodation and support are available to prisoners after release. Research led by the University of
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Researchers from City, University of London have launched The Drug Recovery Game, a new board game designed to help frontline health, social and community care staff understand the realities of
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A woman has had three children taken from her care in the space of five years after social workers raised concerns about her drug and alcohol misuse, mental health difficulties
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