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New DrugWise report vives an overview of legal highs, tracing their evolution & summarising what we currently know about levels of use and treatment responses.
Second in a series of posts on the EMCDDA Drug report 2016 looks at changes in drug markets and drug supply.
How a $200k competition launched by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism sparked the next generation of sobriety bracelets.
A report by User Voice for the NHS confirms that synthetic cannabinoid Spice is the most popular drug in prison and causes serious health & security problems. Its popularity is attributed to its “bird killing” properties.
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictions describes a resilient European drug market with increased levels of use and potency of many drugs.
Large scale DoH study into prison drug recovery wings quantifies the range and depths of needs of many drug using offenders in custody.
Latest round-up of the latest research and information on drug and alcohol issues from Andrew Brown looks at the size of the European drug market and much more
New EMCDDA publication reports on the resurgence of Ecstasy/MDMA use with much stronger pills presenting a particular risk.
New publication by Adfam for the Recovery Partnership highlights innovative practice in alcohol treatment and recovery and sets out key challenges ahead.
There has been a marked rise in the number of deaths connected to ‘legal highs’ between 2011 and 2013, when they more than tripled from seven to 23. These trends should be interpreted with caution as they are based on very small numbers.
Latest round-up of the latest research and information on drug and alcohol issues from Andrew Brown.
The number of men whose death was officially caused by drug misuse is approximately the same now as it was 15 years ago, although the last two years have seen a sharp increase. The number of women whose death was officially caused by drug misuse has doubled over the same period.
