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Background: In the last 20 years, the term "recovery" has become crucial in dealing with addiction. However, different groups, such as researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and people with lived experience of alcohol or drug (AOD) problems...

Pricing, including taxation, is a key tool to address harm from alcohol and is identified by the World Health Organization as a ‘best buy’ policy (meaning it is both effective in reducing harm and cost-effective). However alcohol was 72%...

The International Journal of Drug Policy has published a special collection of articles focusing on UK drug strategy. The collection includes: Introduction to special section on UK drug strategy Words matter: A commentary on the new UK drug...

Abstract Objective To explore expert views on the potential value, and approaches to establishing and administering a tobacco control fund in the UK. Design Semistructured interviews and follow-up discussion groups. Subjects Twenty-four UK...

Abstract Background Brain iron deposition has been linked to several neurodegenerative conditions and reported in alcohol dependence. Whether iron accumulation occurs in moderate drinkers is unknown. Our objectives were to investigate...

Summary of key findings The evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain is monitored using the ASH Smokefree GB survey of 11-18 year olds 2013-2022 (see Appendix 2 for methodology), in the context of changes in tobacco use and the...

This document provides guidance on the clinical management of harms resulting from acute intoxication and from the harmful and dependent use of club drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS). This is an extensive and comprehensive...

Executive summary The 10-year UK Government plan to combat illegal drugs sets out how we are doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs and give people with a drug addiction a route to a productive and drug-free...

"Lockdown & Licensed Premises: COVID-19 Lessons for Alcohol Policy” by Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK & President of ICARA. Part of the ICARA-led webinar held on 17 August 2021, chaired by Dr Claire...