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    Welcome to our Alcohol and Drugs News Page

    In order to bring our visitors the latest news about drugs and alcohol we have placed below some live feeds to the latest news stories.  In addition to our own articles, these news stories are helpful in keeping everyone up to date on the latest drugs and alcohol statistics, trends, information legislation, policy, etc, and provide general commentary.

    Immediately below are live up-to-the-minute drug news articles and this is followed by archives of the most interesting stories.

    Bookmark this page and visit us often to make sure you have the latest drug and alcohol related news at your fingertips!

    Alternatively, visit our alcohol and drug articles page or drug and alcohol videos page.

     

    Drugs in the News

     

    BBC Drugs News
    Thalidomide effect mystery solved
    The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
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    Hospital asks staff to save money
    A hospital trust in Bedfordshire asks staff to save £250,000 in three weeks to stop it going into the red and missing out on foundation status, it is revealed.
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    Prostitute tells of client murder
    A prostitute tells a murder trial how her then boyfriend stabbed one of her clients to death in Aberdeen last May.
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    Men import 'biggest' cocaine haul
    Two Welsh men are found guilty of importing nearly 1kg of cocaine, valued at £80,000, into Jersey.
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    UK giving US control of Musa Qala
    UK forces are to hand security powers in the Afghan district of Musa Qala to US troops, the defence secretary says.
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    Drug smuggler stopped at Gatwick
    A convicted drug smuggler is stopped from entering the country after a monitoring system warned officials he was bound for Gatwick.
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    Husband accused of wife's murder
    A man appears in court charged with murdering his first wife and trying to kill his second as part of a plot to make money.
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    Laser pens put aircraft in danger
    Aircraft flying over a Kent town are targeted by someone using a laser pen, police reveal.
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    Afghan police drug abuse 'rife'
    Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to 40% of recruits testing positive in some areas, a US report says.
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    Corey Haim was 'tormented soul'
    Lost Boys actor Corey Haim was a "tormented soul", his friend and fellow actor Corey Feldman says.
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    Country profile: Kazakhstan
    Key facts, figures and dates
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    Four held over £19,000 of drugs
    Four people are arrested after drugs worth thousands of pounds were seized in Aberdeen by Grampian Police.
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    Cash and cars are seized in raids
    Police searching homes and businesses in Leicester find drugs and cash
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    Four men arrested outside prison
    Four men are questioned on suspicion of money laundering after being arrested outside Haverigg Prison.
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    GPs 'lax' on cholesterol targets
    Many lives could be saved if GPs followed guidelines for reducing cholesterol in those at high risk of heart disease, a study suggests.
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    News Articles on Drugs and Alcohol - Archives

    The drugs and alcohol news archives is currently being worked on and will be available shortly.

     

    Other drug and alcohol related pages.

    If the drug abuse news articles above don't have the information you are looking for, visit the articles listed down the left hand side of this page.

    Alternatively, our drug testing page may of general interest.  Our home drug tests FAQ page is useful for people interested in home testing and for employers we have a workplace drug testing page, a random drug testing page and a page relating to our drug awareness training courses.

    See also drug information and alcohol information.

     
    		 

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