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UK news
Drinkaware launches campaign to check your drinking
Drinkaware’s research showed that two-thirds (66%) of adult drinkers in the UK, an estimated 30 million people, have never been asked to check their drinking. Taking the Drinking Check on Drinkaware’s website is a quick and easy way to understand how alcohol may be impacting your health. It also provides advice on how to have a healthier relationship with alcohol | Drinkaware, UK
Sales of no and low alcohol boom as football fans ’embrace moderation’
Ocado and Tesco said sales of no and low alcohol products had soared since the start of the tournament, particularly on days England played | Standard, UK
‘Sneaky Sauvignon surcharge’: Next prime minister urged to dump Sunak’s post-Brexit wine tax
Exclusive: Calls for post-Brexit ‘wine tax’ to be ditched, as the prime minister uses his election campaign to accuse Labour of planning new levies | Independent, UK
Not everyones drinking is the same - Alcohol Awareness Week 2024 - video
Not everyone's drinking is the same. Not everyone's drinking is visible either | Humankind, UK
Seven shops closed over illegal vapes
Seven vape shops in Lincoln have been issued closure orders after they were found selling illegal cigarettes and vapes | BBC, UK
International news
Man who flew €8.4m of cocaine to Ireland jailed
A man who flew €8.4m (£7.1m) worth of cocaine from France into the Republic of Ireland has been jailed for 11 years | BBC, UK
US man jailed in Russia for 12 years on drug charges
Robert Woodland, 32, was detained in Moscow in January and accused by prosecutors of seeking to sell a large quantity of methadone. His lawyer told the Reuters news agency that he had partially confessed to the charges | BBC, UK
Non-alcohol beer sales grew by 18% in 2023 - report
Non-alcohol beer continues to grow in popularity, according to new report from Drinks Ireland|Beer, which shows that non-alcoholic beer sales grew by 18% last year | RTe, Ireland
Criminalisation of personal possession of drugs 'simply not working', committee told
The criminalisation of the personal possession of drugs was introduced with “good intentions” but the data shows the policy “is simply not working”, the Oireachtas Drugs Committee has heard | Irish Examiner, Ireland
Minimum smoking age to rise to 21 in new Bill as Opposition warns more action needed on vaping
Minister says legislation is ‘end-game measure, signalling beginning of the end of tobacco in our country’ | Irish Times, Ireland
EUDA - Our manifesto
Our mission is to monitor drug trends, alert on emerging threats, share science-based knowledge, and learn from you and for you to develop robust responses | EUDA, Portugal
Innovative program may reduce substance use among formerly incarcerated men
A study led by Liliane Cambraia Windsor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work has shown significant reductions in alcohol and substance use among formerly incarcerated men through a unique combination of critical dialogue and capacity-building projects | Medical Xpress, USA
Unsafe neighborhoods could drive up smoking rates
It may sound far-fetched, but new research suggests that living in dangerous neighborhoods could trigger an unintended health harm: higher smoking rates among residents | Medical Xpress, USA
Paying peers to distribute naloxone
Increasing the availability of naloxone in communities can help prevent fatal overdose. This study investigated the feasibility and impact of paying cash to people who use drugs to distribute naloxone to other people who use drugs | Recovery Research Institute, USA
Patients visiting the emergency department benefit from specialized hospital-based addiction support
When people experience substance-related consequences, they may show up to emergency departments, providing an opportune time to help alter the future course of their substance use - not just provide acute care. This study compared outcomes for those presenting to the emergency room who received substance use disorder services to those who did not | Recovery Research Institute, USA
The SALIS Collection: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
The SALIS Collection has moved a big step forward. All 2264 titles from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) library are now digitized, and available within the collection. This brings the total number of SALIS COLLECTION records to 8426 | SALIS, USA
Where is Australia’s drug-fighting money going?
Australia's drug budget heavily focuses on law enforcement over harm reduction and prevention, underscoring the need for more balanced, effective spending | UNSW, Australia
Blogs, comment and opinion
Drug prohibition is fuelling the overdose crisis: Regulating drugs is the way out
Should heroin and cocaine be legally available to people who need and want them? If we are serious about stopping the crisis of drug overdose deaths, that is exactly the kind of profound change we need. Yes, extensive regulations would be necessary. In fact, the whole point of regulating drug production and sales is that we can better control what is being sold and to whom | Conversation, Canada