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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Jonathan Ashworth has said Labour would develop the first strategy to help children whose parents are addicts. In a personal speech at the party’s conference, the shadow health secretary recalled
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Drug-related crime, deaths and blood-borne viruses could all surge as a result of funding cuts for substance misuse treatment services, government advisers have warned. In a stark message to ministers,
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Substance misuse among baby boomers is a “rapidly growing problem”, experts have warned. Researchers warned that risky drinking is in decline, except among those aged 50 and over. Meanwhile, doctors
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Rebecca Evans, Minister for Social Services and Public Health, has announced the appointment of a new Chair to the Advisory Panel on Substance Misuse. Caroline Phipps has been appointed as
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