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The latest United Kingdom Drug Situation report reveals an increase in the purity of heroin and cocaine and that only 5% of cannabis is now resin.
Latest round-up of the latest drug & alcohol facts and figures from Andrew Brown reveals plenty of good news including reduced police use of section 136.
New report from Volteface drug policy think tank argues that a legal regulated market would better support people experiencing problematic cannabis use.
Latest Public Health England figures give a profile of young people in drug and alcohol treatment and show a further drop in overall numbers.
Andrew Brown’s latest analysis of new drug & alcohol facts and figures throws up a host of interesting findings about mental health and substance misuse.
Boris Starting puts forward a pragmatic case for the legalisation and regulation of cannabis and urge Britain to get in step with the rest of the world.
Data from the Crime Survey show that people in the West Country are more than 1 1/2 times more likely to smoke cannabis that those in the East Midlands.
Large scale American study finds that the number of US cannabis smokers doubled since 2002. Although regular use is up, levels of dependency have not increased.
Interesting drug map finds that Welsh people use more amphetamines, West Country folk more cannabis and Londoners take twice as many Ecstasy tablets.
Digital interventions for cannabis problems are promising and could help access large numbers of people who don’t want to use drug treatment agencies
EMCDDA Drug Report for 2016 finds growing concern about the use of synthetic opioids.
Cannabis is the most frequently used drug in Europe, with 14.6 million young adultslifetime cannabis use using it in 2014. It was also the most commonly reported substance related to new admissions to drug treatment facilities across Europe in 2014 (37% cannabis, 28% heroin and 21% cocaine).
