Designated Public Places Order posters reduce street drinking
A new initiative, launched recently in Llanelli, Wales, is helping to reduce the problem of street drinking. Posters are being displayed in shop windows informing the public that they are within a Designated Public Places Order area. A key feature of the posters is that they display the message in three languages, Welsh, English and
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Scotland approves alcohol craving suppressant nalmefene
Scotland has approved a drug that suppresses the feel good effects of alcohol. It is the first country in Europe to approve nalmefene, which will be available on the NHS for patients living in Scotland. Nalmefene has been developed specifically for alcohol abusers, but it does not aid alcoholics. The Scottish Medicines Consortium has approved
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Legal high clinics open to combat substance abuse
The first legal high clinic has opened in Brighton to try to raise awareness of the dangers of abusing substances and help people to quit their addiction. The clinics are run by Crime Reduction Initiative (CRI), a health and social care charity. Several young people have died after taking legal party drugs. In 2009, Hester
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New 'smart drug' abused by university students
Students across the UK are abusing a drug designed to combat sleeping disorders to help them to study for longer. The drug is Modafinil, and it has been estimated that around 25% of all Oxford university students are now using it. Modafinil was developed to treat narcolepsy, the severe sleeping disorder that causes its victims
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