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Daily news - 11th June 2026

UK news

Circular 003/2026: drug precursor chemicals

The government is introducing changes to control a wider set of drug precursor chemicals (DPCs) in Great Britain, and to ensure that UK-wide criminal offences apply to a wider set of DPCs. This ensures that police forces can act against criminals involved in the import, export, manufacture or supply of potentially harmful DPCs which can be used to make illicit drugs | Home Office, UK

Circular 002/2026: orphines

This circular draws attention to temporary controls which are being placed on 7 orphines, which will come into force on 11 June 2026 | Home Office, UK

Drug precursor chemicals: documenting, recording and labelling

Explains organisations' responsibilities in terms of documenting, recording and labelling drug precursor chemicals | Home Office, UK

Londoners urged to seek help to break ‘vicious cycle’ of smoking and mental illness

Giving up smoking is possible with trusted support and will boost your mental health. That is the message of a new campaign that aims to help Londoners break the “vicious cycle” of mental illness and smoking which is cutting lives short by up to 20 years | London Post, UK

Hospitals: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce levels of alcohol-related hospital admissions | They work for you, UK

Steroid Drugs: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will discuss with [i] UKAD and [ii] other relevant bodies about the use of [i] IPEDs and [ii] SARMS amongst young people in the context of the aims of the Men's Health Strategy | They work for you, UK

Hull Unity Day to Bring Recovery Community Together for a Celebration of Hope and Achievement

People from across Hull's recovery community are set to come together this summer for a new event celebrating recovery, connection and personal achievement | Forward Trust, UK

Fuller’s boss slams ‘government interference’ for pub closures

Simon Emeny, the chairman of the Fuller, Smith & Turner pub group that was founded in 1845, said tax increases over the past decade had led to the loss of 5,800 pubs | Independent, UK

'Crazy Line' heroin and crack gang jailed

Four members of a drugs gang which "brought misery to many" peddling heroin and crack cocaine in east Lancashire have been jailed, police said | BBC, UK

Drugs gang leader who sent 23,000 texts jailed

A drugs gang leader, who sent more than 23,000 text messages to users in six months in which police said he arranged supplies of Class A drugs, has been jailed | BBC, UK

International news

Efficacy and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation in alcohol use disorder: A randomized controlled triple-blind trial

[Open access] Electrical stimulation of the brain using surface-placed electrodes reduced heavy drinking among patients previously in treatment for their drinking. This trial in France and Monaco use the intervention trialled successfully in Brazil | Addiction, UK

20 Years After Reform, Can Mauritius Build on its Harm Reduction Legacy?

Mauritius’ latest National Drug Control Master Plan for 2026–2030 (NDCMP), published in April by Prime Minister Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, is a hopeful and genuinely ambitious plan by any international standard. Harm reduction is referenced throughout with policies including naloxone distribution, take-home methadone, and the opportunity for people caught with drugs for personal use to enter rehabilitation rather than face prosecution | Talking Drugs, UK

Nordic Values for Drug Policy — Uniting for Human Rights, Harm Reduction and Dignity

In April 2026, drug user organizations, human rights advocates, researchers, and policymakers from across the Nordic region gathered in Oslo for the conference Nordic Mobilization on Human Rights and Drug Policy. The event marked the launch of a new Nordic network committed to promoting drug policies based on human rights, democracy, public health, and social justice | Drug Reporter, Hungary

MP's very concerned by Big Tobacco's move to buy into Dutch regulated weed experiment

Parliamentarians are alarmed by the news that Altria, formerly Philip Morris, is indirectly trying to buy into the Netherlands’ regulated cannabis cultivation experiment. Multiple parties want the government to try to keep Big Tobacco, with its aggressive marketing and lobbying tactics, out of this trial | NL Times, The Netherlands