Legal high clinics open to combat substance abuse
The first legal high clinic has opened in Brighton to try to raise awareness of the dangers of abusing substances and help people to quit their addiction. The clinics are run by Crime Reduction Initiative (CRI), a health and social care charity. Several young people have died after taking legal party drugs. In 2009, Hester
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New 'smart drug' abused by university students
Students across the UK are abusing a drug designed to combat sleeping disorders to help them to study for longer. The drug is Modafinil, and it has been estimated that around 25% of all Oxford university students are now using it. Modafinil was developed to treat narcolepsy, the severe sleeping disorder that causes its victims
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Changes to police stop and search rules
Around half of all police stop and searches are carried out on the suspicion of drug offences and the police are stopping more people on these grounds; however, the number of arrests due to drug offences has fallen. Complaints about aggressive treatment and unnecessary searches continue, and the black community appears to be targeted more
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Elderly drinkers in the West Country are a “time-bomb”
The West Country is experiencing growing numbers of elderly people with drinking problems. As many as one in five elderly men and one in ten women of the same age are drinking enough to cause ill-health. This represents a rise of 40% in men and 100% in women during the last 20 years. It is
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