Cocaine and ecstasy driving increase in class A use
Around 1.1m adults took a class A drug in the last year, according to the latest Home Office figures, 3 per cent up on...
International Remembrance Day
Demonstrators gather outside Parliament to mark International Remembrance Day
This year’s International Remembrance Day was marked by a demonstration outside Parliament that saw speeches from Professor John Strang and others. The annual event is...
Coordinated effort needed to eliminate hepatitis C
An ‘urgent, coordinated’ effort is needed to increase testing and treatment for hepatitis C in order to ensure the elimination of the disease in...
Social media creating unprecedented alcohol marketing opportunities
The explosion in social media use among young people has created ‘unprecedented’ opportunities for alcohol marketers, says a report from the University of Bath...
Government urged to overhaul drinks marketing regulation
The government needs to undertake a ‘thorough review’ of the way alcohol marketing is currently regulated, according to a report from the charity formed...
Drugs behind ‘huge increase’ in prison violence
A ‘huge increase’ in violence across the prison estate has taken place in the last five years, according to the latest annual report from...
Scotland records highest ever drug deaths
Scotland has yet again recorded its highest ever number of drug-related deaths, at 934. The 2017 figure is 8 per cent up on the...
Opiates and cocaine ‘bigger global health threat than ever’
Record-high production levels for opiates and cocaine, coupled with expanding drug markets, mean the drugs are now a ‘bigger global threat to public health...
Campaigners call for urgent reform in sixth annual day of action
The sixth Support. Don’t Punish global day of action is taking place on 26 June. Last year saw events in more than 200 cities...
Minimum pricing law passed in Wales
The National Assembly for Wales has approved the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol. Approval of the Public Health (Minimum Price for...