Last year a Welsh Office circular encouraged integration of services for drug and alcohol users. There are fears this could be a cost-cutting exercise and that drug users’ needs will be overwhelmed by the influx of alcohol-using clients. But clients…
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Druglink article 1990 – New treatments for opiate dependence by Colin Brewer
For some opiate addicts the usual oral methadone regimes are inappropriate or ineffective. Alternative regimes are available. Injectable methadone ampoules can now be labelled to help prevent diversion. Long-acting substitutes for methadone and drugs that block the effects of opiates…
Druglink article 1986 – Alcohol and drugs, unsuitable attachment by Don Steele
Expanded funding for drug agencies and the high level of political concern over drug problems have left alcohol agencies smarting over what they see as the much greater problem of alcohol abuse. Alcohol and drugs – unsuitable attachment? (PDF)
Health – alcohol
Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK: registered in 2024In 2024 there were 9,809 deaths from alcohol-specific causes were registered in the UK, the lowest number since 2021 (9,641 deaths), and the rate of alcohol-specific deaths (14.8 per 100,000 people) decreased to…
Prevalence – alcohol
Alcohol consumption and harms dashboardIn 2025, 10.7 litres of pure alcohol were sold per adult drinker in Scotland, equivalent to 20.7 units per adult drinker per week. Throughout the period from 2017 to 2025 the volume of pure alcohol sold…
Treatment/Recovery – alcohol
Barriers to Recovery: Overcoming obstacles to alcohol recovery in the UK Research shows that dependent drinkers face multiple, persistent barriers to entering recovery and social reintegration. This report uses data from interviews with professionals working in addiction and alcohol harm…
Alcohol control
Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol in Wales (PDF)In January 2025, the Welsh Government published the final reports of the independent evaluation it had commissioned on the operation and effect of the Act. It is also undertaking a consultation to gather…
Alcohol
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Criminal justice – alcohol
Alcohol-related crime and the 24-hour city, 2016 The Mayor is committed to growing the capital’s Night-Time Economy (NTE) and has proposed appointing a ‘Night Mayor’. This, coupled with the introduction of the Night-Tube, means that London is well on its…
Education/Prevention – alcohol
Drinkaware unveils new shared ambition to reduce number of risky drinkers in the UK by 2 millionDrinkaware, the UK’s leading charity tackling alcohol harm, has today launched a new five-year strategy setting out an ambitious shared target to reduce the…