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An app that keeps track of how much a person is drinking could help reduce their alcohol intake by around two units a week – equivalent to a medium glass of wine, scientists say.

Researchers at UCL said their Drink Less app, which is...

It has been widely reported that youth alcohol consumption has decreased over recent years. What is the evidence to support this view? What are the implications for alcohol related health harm, promotion of safe drinking and health policy?

د مخدره توکو او الکول په څیر موادو باندې د روږدی کیدو پایلې ، یا په ځینې چلندونو کې ښکیلتیا لکه قمار ، لوبې کول ، یا جنسیت ، کیدی شی سخت وی. روږدیتوب اکثرا د اصلی ټراما او ټولنیز فشار کونکو ته ځواب وی ، او د دې موادو یا چلندونو دوامداره...

Alcohol and problematic drug use are significant issues in Scotland, causing damage to people’s lives, families and communities, and contributing to violence and crime.

Not only can stigma relating to substance use impact an individuals...

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...

د 'SSA د روږدو کسانو د استادۍ د پروګرام موخه داده چې د هغو کسانو ملاتړ وکړی چې له پخوا څخه لوړ رتبه علمی کسان دی او غواړی چې د روږدو د څېړنې په برخه کې د بریتانیا د علمی ودې برخه شی، خو څوک به د اس اس ای په مشرۍ د ملاتړ پرته د دې بدلون په...

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 Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) is supporting a Commission on Alcohol Harm, consisting of a panel of varied experts.

The Commission on Alcohol Harm has been established to examine the current evidence on alcohol harm, recent trends in...

Diazepam, first marketed as Valium, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family. It is often used to treat anxiety, spasms, seizures and occasionally withdrawal. 

Diazepam typically slows down the functioning of the body and produce a...

Scotland has become the first country in the world to enforce a minimum price per unit of alcohol. As of 1 May 2018 all alcohol must cost no less than 0.5GPD or 50 pence. 

The move is the result of a long process of research and...

The BBC reports that almost 8,000 high-risk drinkers died from alcohol-related causes in Wales, UK between 2005 – 2014 without having received treatment for alcohol addiction. This is despite repeated hospital and A&E admissions for as much...

ایا تاسو د بل چا د نشه یی توکو یا الکولو د استعمال له امله اغیزمن شوی یاست؟ ایا تاسو غواړئ چې خپله کیسه بیان کړئ؟ د ادپام د کورنۍ د غږونو سیالی هغو دوستانو او د کورنۍ غړو ته چې د بل چا د مادې د کارولو له لارې ژوند کړی دی اجازه ورکوی چې خپل...

د لندن مشهور نایټ کلب 'پارچه' خپل جواز د هغه څه له امله لغوه کړ چې ځایی چارواکو په دې ځای کې د نشه یی توکو د کلتور په توګه بیان کړی دی. په تیرو څلورو کلونو کې د نشه یی توکو په تړاو شپږ تنه وژل شوی چې د شپې کلب په کې شامل دی. په دې کې پنځه...