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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
    Inquiry into Scottish trafficking
    An inquiry begins to establish the extent of human trafficking in Scotland and whether victims have enough protection.
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    Chinese quake activist sentenced
    An activist who questioned why so many died in a huge quake in China in 2008 is jailed for five years for subversion.
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    Jackson medic denies manslaughter
    Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death.
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    Duff and Serkis scoop film awards
    Anne-Marie Duff and Andy Serkis among the winners at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.
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    GP's 'trust' of care home accused
    A Somerset doctor told a court that he had trusted a care home manageress on trial for murdering two elderly women.
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    Five men arrested in drugs raid
    Five men have been arrested during police raids targeting suspected drug dealers in Dorset.
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    Profile: Dr Conrad Murray
    Just how much is known about the doctor at the centre of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death?
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    Africa malaria drugs 'low-grade'
    Many Africans with malaria are getting low-grade drugs, according to a WHO-backed study of Uganda, Senegal and Madagascar.
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    President for a day: 'No to divisiveness'
    Tell us what your inaugural address to the nation would be if you were elected president of your country.
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    INLA confirms disposal of weapons
    The INLA, which killed Tory MP Airey Neave and more than 120 other people, confirms it has disposed of its weapons.
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    Gascoigne held after takeaway row
    Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne and another man are arrested after a disturbance at a takeaway in North Yorkshire.
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    INLA confirms disposal of weapons
    The INLA, which killed Tory MP Airey Neave and more than 120 other people, confirms it has disposed of its weapons.
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    Garrett charged over heroin find
    Former US teen star Leif Garrett is charged with possession of heroin after being arrested in a Los Angeles underground station.
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    Brothers on heroin's family harm
    Two brothers from Gwynedd speak of the devastating effect their heroin addiction has had on their whole family.
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    Santa hat man stole sheriff's car
    A serial thief caught after stealing an Aberdeen sheriff's car while wearing a Santa hat is jailed for five months.
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    Gascoigne held after takeaway row
    Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne and another man are arrested after a disturbance at a takeaway in North Yorkshire.
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    Brothers on heroin's family harm
    Two brothers from Gwynedd speak of the devastating effect their heroin addiction has had on their whole family.
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    Should drug addicts be paid to get sterilised?
    Paying drug addicts to be sterilised is exploitative and wrong, say critics of just such a scheme that runs in the US.
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    Exercise 'can cut gallstone risk'
    Doing lots of exercise drastically cuts the risk of developing painful gallstones, UK researchers have found.
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    Call to cut caffeine in alcohol
    Legal limits should be placed on the amount of caffeine in alcoholic drinks such as Buckfast, Scottish Labour says.
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    Mexico fall student returns to UK
    A student who fell from a seventh floor balcony in Mexico and had been in a coma for several weeks returns to the UK.
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    Should seven-year-old girl be made samba queen?
    BBC readers send in their thoughts after a seven-year-old girl is given what is traditionally a "sexy" role as a samba queen in the Rio de Janeiro Carnival.
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    Police specials target motorists
    A weekend initiative to raise the profile of special constables will focus on drivers who flout the law in Devon and Cornwall.
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    Man jailed for schoolgirl sex
    A 38-year-old man from Belfast is jailed for 18 months for indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
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    Fatal baby beating father jailed
    A father is jailed for five years for beating to death his 10-week-old baby son at their home in Dorset.
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    Murder accused student's 999 call
    A jury is played a recording of an emergency call made by an A-level student who is accused of her boyfriend's fatal stabbing.
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    Oil fuels UK producer prices rise
    The prices of goods leaving UK factories rose at their fastest rate for 13 months in January, fuelled by the rising cost of oil.
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    The tragedy of dying languages
    Speakers of thousands of the world's languages are now abandoning their ancestral tongues at an unprecedented rate. Linguist K David Harrison explains whey they need to be kept alive.
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    Devolving justice - Scotland's experience
    What will devolved policing and justice powers actually mean for Northern Ireland? BBC News looks at the Scottish experience.
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    Shackleton's whisky dug from ice
    Five crates of Scotch whisky and brandy belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered from the ice after a century.
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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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