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The latest drug & alcohol treatment trends
Drug & alcohol treatment data for 2021/22 show an increase in the number of people using powder cocaine.
20th January 2023
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Drug & alcohol treatment data for 2021/22 show an increase in the number of people using powder cocaine.
Official calculations find cost of gambling-related harms in England to be between £1.05-£1.77 billion and say this is probably an under-estimate.
Analysis of Prison Ombudsman reports reveals the links between New Psychoactive Substances and prison drug deaths.
The number of people subject to alcohol monitoring has more than doubled in the last year.
We need to improve identification and support for people with gambling problems in contact with the justice system.
Drug Misuse Trends in the year ending June 2022
The Centre for Justice Innovation launches a new framework for the use of pre-court disposals for possession of drug cases.
Drug poisoning was the cause of death for almost two in five of the 741 homeless people who died last year.
EMCDDA report shows rise in recreational use of nitrous oxide
Desistance, recovery, and justice capital:
Putting it all together
A guest post by “Bezzo” who talks about his experiences of being addicted to gambling and how hard it was to find help.
