Here you can find over 500 posts tracking every major development in the substance misuse sector since 2011. You can keep up with latest treatment stats, funding news, policy developments and treatment innovations. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.
Prisoners have very mixed experiences of drug treatment, particularly the prescribing of substitute medications such as methadone or buprenorphine (AKA Subutex)
ONS report finds lowest alcohol consumption levels for a decade with wealthiest drinking and bingeing more. Men drink more and young people less.
Mike Power has authored a new report for volteface. The Green Screen makes a coherent case for a regulated online cannabis market in the UK.
New digital intervention from Breaking Free is specifically designed to aid smoking cessation in a prison environment, accompanied by short groupwork programme.
Latest round-up of key drug facts & figures from Andrew Brown focuses on increases in drug-related hospital admissions (+6%) & drug seizures in prison +300%!).
BEAD is a specialist service for those bereaved through drugs or alcohol which now includes a website to provide information, support and hope.
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.
New system of drug-screening using portable fingerprint system is more humane and provides much faster results. Current trial by drug treatment provider CGL.
Randomised controlled trial finds that participation in private twitter groups doubles your chance of successfully giving up smoking.
New Addaction report surveyed more than 1600 young people to get their views on New Psychoactive Substances and what sort of help they wanted to access.
Andrew Brown’s round-up of the latest drug & alcohol stats reveals a staggering 60,000 people received substance misuse treatment in secure settings last year.
Report from Institute of Alcohol Studies takes a detailed look at the way in which women’s alcohol consumption has changed over the years and the related harms.
