A new drugs unit will be set up to help end illegal drug-related illness and deaths, the Government has announced. The Joint Combating Drugs Unit will combine multiple Government departments,
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Drug addicts should be able to get treatment and medication on the same day they ask for help, the Scottish Government’s drug deaths taskforce has said. The taskforce has published
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spoken to recovering drug addicts who have returned to the streets to help support those who have suffered near-fatal overdoses. William and Kate
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Cuts to addiction services for young people risk “condemning” them to a lifetime of dependence and poor health or even an early death, psychiatrists have warned. The Royal College of
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For more than a decade, drug-related deaths (DRD) in Scotland have been rising – alongside evidence which suggests that the country has had much less success in treating and supporting
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Nicola Sturgeon has announced £250 million over the next five years for addiction services to tackle rising numbers of drug deaths in Scotland. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, the First
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Drug treatment services in England will get an extra £80 million as part of the Government’s efforts to cut crime. The money is part of a £148 million package announced
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Nicola Sturgeon has admitted more needs to be done to tackle drug deaths in Scotland as her Government was accused of cutting rehabilitation services “to the bone”. The First Minister
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Latest figures which show Scotland has again recorded a worse drug-death rate than any other EU country are a “national tragedy and disgrace”, according to a charity. National Records of
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Addiction services in England are in desperate need of a funding boost amid a steep rise in higher risk drinking, the Royal College of Psychiatrists said. The number of people
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