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The latest Know the Score awareness campaign highlighting the dangers of taking cocaine launched today [Scottish Government, UK]
Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, made a written ministerial statement on the Government’s response to the recent consultation on the new code of practice for alcohol retailers [UK Government]
Release, and other leading drug organisations including IHRA and Transform, have sent a public letter to the Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling for an emergency public health plan to be initiated [Release, UK]
A ban on irresponsible promotions including “all you can drink for £10” deals plus a compulsory requirement to check under 18s for ID are among the final conditions of a proposed mandatory code for alcohol retailers, Home Secretary Alan Johnson announced [Home Office, UK]
Soldiers given morphine soon after sustaining an injury were half as likely as their comrades to later develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study of 700 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan [Join Together, USA]
The Home Office’s Drugs Intervention Programme (DIP) recently conducted its one millionth drug test with the support of Concateno, Europe’s most experienced drug and alcohol testing company [Concateno, UK]
More and more Americans with chronic pain not caused by cancer are taking medically prescribed opioids like Oxycontin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone [Medical News Today, Uk]
Smart Muscle is a unique service, based in Central London and provides specialist advice for people who are using or considering using steroids. To view the piece on BBC iplayer please visit the Inside Out website [Turning Point, UK]
Before patting yourself on the back for resisting that cookie or kicking yourself for giving in to temptation, look around. A new University of Georgia study has revealed that self-control – or the lack thereof – is contagious [Medical News Today, UK]
Programme demonstrates massive gap between tests conducted for drink driving and those used to determine drug driving [Concateno, UK]
“Too many people with mental health problems are in prison or hospital custody for lack of community alternatives. This is both a waste of money and a waste of lives” [Sainsbury Centre, UK]
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls joins forces with comedian Bill Bailey to launch a new national advertising campaign to raise awareness of how alcohol can make young people vulnerable to problems such as unwanted pregnancies, road traffic accidents and poor marks at school [Department for Children, Schools and Families, UK]
Changing the words used to describe someone struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction may significantly alter the attitudes of health care professionals, even those who specialize in addiction treatment [Medical News Today, UK]
The CHAMP Awards are now open for 2010. So if you know of a project which helps children and young people stay safe from the effects of alcohol misuse then please apply by the 21st April, 2010 [Mentor UK]
Home Secretary Alan Johnson today announced the new interim chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). Professor Les Iversen’s role as interim chair starts immediately and will run for 12 months {Home Office, UK]
Two researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, have been awarded the White House Office of National Science and Technology Council’s Presidential Award for Early Career Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) [National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA]
Alcohol misuse could be costing Scottish taxpayers around £3.56 billion per year, according to an independent study [Scottish Government, UK]
Two additional cases of anthrax, one of whom has died, have been confirmed in drug users in Scotland, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in this outbreak to fourteen. The number of deaths is now at seven [Health Protection Scotland, UK]
As we enter the second decade of the 21st Century, the death toll in Mexico’s drug wars has reached new highs, or lows, with 69 people dying in a 24 hour period. A total 283 individuals have died in drug war violence since the New Year turned, including several beheadings [Release, UK]
In this report, Corporations and Health Watch analyzes changes in alcohol industry responses to criticisms of its marketing practices. One source for such an analysis is the documents disclosed by the tobacco industry[Corporations and Health Watch, USA]
