05/12/2024: Welcome Rise Of Numbers In Drug & Alcohol Treatment

2023/24 treatment stats show welcome (7%) rise in numbers in drug & alcohol treatment.

Russell Webster

25/11/2024: ‘I had no idea being a social drinker would damage my liver by 31’

At 31 years old, I was told by doctors that if I didn’t stop drinking alcohol, I could die.

BBC News

06/11/2024: What is the UK smoking ban and how many people still smoke?

It will be illegal for anyone currently aged 15 or under to ever buy cigarettes in the UK, under new laws proposed by the government.

BBC News

04/11/2024: ‘I wish I’d never taken it’: More young people seeking rehab as ketamine addiction spirals in the UK

Casey Innalls was left in excruciating pain and was hospitalised for 12 days with a condition known as k-bladder

Independent

31/10/2024: Students taught about spiking dangers in new campaign

Students are being taught about the dangers of drink spiking using goggles that simulate how it might feel to be drugged.

BBC News

31/10/2024: Youth club on wheels hoping to improve young lives

A mobile youth club that aims to stop children “going down the wrong path” has launched with an amnesty bin to allow knives to be surrendered.

BBC News

28/10/2024: The Tragic Rise Of Drug-Related Deaths

There were 5,448 deaths related to drug poisoning in 2023; the highest number on record.

Russell Webster

24/10/2024: Disposable vapes to be banned from June

The sale of single-use disposable vapes will be banned in England and Wales from June next year, the government has confirmed.

BBC News

21/10/2024: Smoking, Drinking & Drug Use Among School Children

Latest stats show a fall in the number of school children taking drugs.

Russell Webster

09/09/2024: Fitness of youngsters who vape ‘is just as bad as smokers of same age’, study reveals

Young vapers perform worse in exercises than their peers who do not use e-cigarettes and record performances similar to smokers the same age, according to a study.

Daily Mail