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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...

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...

With NoLo products increasing in popularity among producers and customers, a new report looks at how these drinks are marketed in the UK and how and why consumers drink them.

Using interviews with drinkers and non-drinkers, as well as...

دلته تاسو کولی شئ د انګلستان حکومتونه د نشه یی توکو د غیر قانونی استعمال د کمولو لپاره لس کلن پلان ولولئ.

دا لس کلن پلان هم د ډیمی کارول بلک په مشرۍ د نشه یی توکو خپلواکو بیاکتنو ته رسمی ، اساسی ځواب دی او د هغې ټولې کلیدی سپارښتنې منی.

In 2020,1339 drug-related deaths were registered in Scotland.

This is a 5% increase compared to figures from 2019.

Other key findings show:

• The number of drug-related deaths has increased substantially over the last 20 years – there...

سکاټلینډ او ویلز د الکولو د پیرودلو په اړه د لږ مصرف او زیان د کمولو په هڅه کې، سکاټلینډ او ویلز د الکولو په پیرودلو کې لږ تر لږه د واحد نرخونه ( MUP ) معرفی کړل. 

لږ تر لږه د واحد قیمت (MUP) د قیمت ورکولو پالیسی ده چې د الکولو محصولاتو...

'نارینه او الکول: د مهمو موضوعاتو راپور' د ۲۰۱۹/۲۰۲۰ شااپ/ای اس نارینه او الکول سیمینار لړۍ کلیدی موندنې سره یوځای کوی، او د څېړنې ، پالیسۍ او تمرین لپاره سپارښتنې کوی. د راپور د لیدلو / ډاونلوډ کولو لپاره ، دلته کلیک وکړئ.

In July 2019, the UK Government set out its ambition for England to be smokefree by 2030. Government guidelines say the next steps should have been announced by 6th January 2020, but it has yet to do so.

Several key charities, including...

The rise in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms in the UK in recent decades has gone hand in hand with the increasing affordability of alcoholic beverages. 

Minimum Unit Pricing (setting a minimum price below which a unit of...

The Welsh Government will introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol of 50p from 2 March 2020, with regulations today being approved by the National Assembly for Wales.

The new law supports the Welsh Government’s work to address harmful...

In 2018, the Scottish Government released the Rights, Respect and Recovery: Scotland's Alcohol and Drug Treatment Strategy.

Scotland's first drugs strategy for a decade focuses on treating the issue as a public health concern rather than a...

The Scottish Government has released the new Alcohol and Drugs Strategy, which aims to improve health by preventing and reducing alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths. There were a record 934 drugs-related deaths in Scotland in 2017...

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) has published its latest report, ‘Dying for a drink’. 

Scottish people tend to consume more alcohol than people in England and Wales. Alcohol is a harmful substance and, consumed in excess...

که تاسو د یو ساده فارمټ لارې په لټون کې یاست چې د نشه یی توکو په شاوخوا کې کلیدی مسایل سره اړیکه ونیسئ نو د نشه یی توکو په وړاندې د ملی انستیتیوت (NIDA) ویب پاڼه کیدای شی د څو رسنیو حل وړاندې کړی.

د نی ډی ای ویب پاڼې د نشه یی توکو د...

Abstract

Background: There is growing awareness of the detrimental effects of alcohol industry commercial activities, and concern about possible adverse impacts of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, on public health...