Drug addiction treatment must be saved from austerity cuts
Governments across Europe are being urged by policy drug experts to exclude drug-abuse treatment from austerity cuts. There has been a sudden increase in the number of HIV infections among drug users in Greece and the reason for this is believed to be due to a reduction in the number of treatment centres. The European
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Alcohol Awareness Week 2013
Alcohol Awareness Week started on Monday 18th November and runs until Sunday 24th November. This year’s theme is Conversations about alcohol. Research shows that many people drink too much. While Saturday night binge drinkers make the news, most drinking takes place on sofas at home in front of the television. Having one or two glasses
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Young father kills himself after taking N-Bomb
An inquest has heard how a young father-to-be killed himself after taking a drug that was banned just days afterwards. Jake Harris, who was just 21 years old, took the legal high 251-NBOME in May 2013, thinking that it was LSD. He suffered severe psychosis during which he threw himself against a first-floor window and
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Substance abuse in more than one in four LGB people
New research into alcohol and drug abuse in the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) community has found that more than one in four LGB people are showing signs of substance abuse problems. The research, entitled Part of the Picture, was carried out by The Lesbian & Gay Foundation in partnership with the University of Central
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