The Duchess of Cambridge has celebrated the achievements of graduate addiction counsellors during a visit to a centre which trains professionals to work with substance abusers. Kate is patron of
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Powerful “skunk weed” cannabis causes significant damage to vital nerve fibres linking the two halves of the brain, a study has found. The damage occurs in the corpus callosum, the
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Wales Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething has officially launched the refurbished Dyfrig House, in Cardiff, which offers a specialist service for homeless people dealing with drug and alcohol problems. Dyfrig
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Scotland is leading the way in alcohol policy in the UK while the Westminster Government “comes out worst” on almost all such measures a new report has found. Academics from
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Over the past three years, Pilotlight has brought together commissioners, deliverers and users of services to research and design some of the different pathways to self-directed support. With its new
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The number of drug-related deaths in Wales has fallen by 30% over the last five years, the Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething has confirmed. Deaths from drug misuse in 2014
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A two-day conference to be held at the University of Chester next month will examine how addiction and recovery are understood in a range of religious and spiritual traditions, as
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Writing in his blog today, Richard Branson has revealed an unreleased statement from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which calls on governments around the world to decriminalise
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Scotland’s 1980s “Trainspotting generation” has driven drug-related hospital admissions to a record high while illnesses linked to long-term alcohol abuse are also on the rise, official figures show. Hospital stays
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A mobile app that provides resources on the theory, practice and legislation related to drugs and alcohol is now available to download for iPhones and other mobile devices. The app,
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