Ten times more women sleeping rough than official figures show:

Teens unable to walk, mothers with rash-covered babies: How the #drug #kush is ruining lives:

#Alcohol health campaigners have attacked the government’s long-awaited ten-year plan for the health service for its lack of ‘key policies’ to address #alcoholharm:

#WHO has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on #tobacco, #alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035 through health taxes in a move designed to curb chronic diseases and generate critical public revenue:

Health experts criticise #NHS Plan for failing to tackle #alcohol harm:

Millions of patients will be treated closer to home under plans to 'fundamentally rewire' the #NHS in England, the prime minister has said:

Twenty-seven people, including four children, have been protected from #countylines #drugs gangs during a crackdown in #Lincolnshire which led to 18 arrests, police said:

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Taoiseach warns of #cocaine 'epidemic' as #drug use surges across #Ireland:

One week to go until the #ddnconf! Are you attending?. If you’ve not been to a DDN Conference before you’re in for a treat. and if you have, you’ll be counting down to Thursday 10 July! See you there.

Single-use #vapes ban date confirmed in #Jersey:

#Wolverhampton #smoking scheme extended after first year success:

#Alcohol advertising ban scrapped following industry backlash:

Would making #ketamine Class A stop Gen Z using it?:

Alder Hey hospital in #Liverpool has launched a clinic to treat young people who are taking #ketamine. It is thought to be the first in the country to run a programme aimed specifically at minors:

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#Substanceuse was implicated in more than half of all adult drownings in baths or hot tubs in the last 10 years, according to an #Australian study:

Activism, debate, networking, inspiration, campaigning, practical advice and support… you’ll find it all at the annual DDN Conference. #ddnconf.

'Smell detectors' and AI cameras could be used to catch #drug use inside and outside of #prison:

Police offers have used #naloxone over 1,200 times to reverse #opioid #overdoses. But as #drug deaths rise, two police forces hold out: