How to make drug policy better
How to make drug policy better: key findings from UKDPC research into drug policy governance Drug use and dependence is a very complex area, which impacts in different ways on...
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Mephedrone: the rise of heroin’s cheap rival
Heroin, speed and cocaine use is down but mephedrone is more popular than ever since it became illegal. There is now an epidemic of addicts injecting it as ‘M-smack’ http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/shortcuts/2012/dec/02/mephedrone-heroin-cheap-rival...
Mexxy, Black Mamba and other ‘legal highs’ to be banned
A number of so-called ‘legal highs’ will become illegal Class B drugs, the Home Office announced today http://homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/news/legal-high-drugs-banned...
Special report: Super-strength lager causing more harm than crack or heroin
A single can contains more alcohol than the recommended daily maximum. The companies behind them claim they are committed to responsible drinking, yet are still content to make a fortune…...
ALCOHOL ADDICTS AS YOUNG AS 12 BEGGING FOR HELP
HUNDREDS of children as young as 12 and 13 are seeking professional help for alcohol abuse, the Sunday Express can reveal. By Kirsty Buchanan http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/344869/Alcohol-addicts-as-young-as-12-begging-for-help...
‘Legal Highs’ and the Dangers of Bad Laws
A recent UK Home Office report sounded the alarms about the identification of 17 previously ‘unknown’ drugs that had never before been seen in the UK – setting off a...
The end of HIV/Aids may not be possible if the war on drugs continues
The danger in ignoring rising HIV rates among drug users is it could reignite the virus when it enters manageable decline Douglas Haddow guardian.co.uk, Thursday 26 July 2012 15.48 BST...
Charities are providing drugs and alcohol services in place of the NHS
Experts accuse the coalition of putting ‘vital’ NHS programmes at risk by transferring drugs provision to charities Mary O’Hara The Guardian, Tuesday 26 June 2012 17.00 BST http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/26/charities-drugs-alcohol-service-nhs...
Alcohol limit ‘should be cut for public health’
If people drank just half a unit of alcohol a day it could cut deaths from chronic conditions such as cancer, The Guardian has reported today. http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/05may/Pages/alcohol-limit-should-be-cut-for-public-health.aspx...
Can a hallucinogen from Africa cure addiction?
Since the 1960s a disparate group of scientists and former drug addicts have been advocating a radical treatment for addiction – a hallucinogen called ibogaine, derived from an African plant,...