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All the latest news: Policy Practice Innovation Treatment Drug Use Trends

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.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling

The economic and social costs of gambling

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.

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On Probation

Alcohol Monitoring ramps up

The number of people subject to alcohol monitoring has more than doubled in the last year.

Policing

A new framework for drug possession

The Centre for Justice Innovation launches a new framework for the use of pre-court disposals for possession of drug cases.

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Prison

Gambling in prison

Gambling availability and culture in an English prison

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