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Experts urge Prime Minister not to leave alcohol behind in Labour’s plans to improve public health and economy
Action to tackle the “escalating crisis” of alcohol harm is urgently needed if Labour are to shorten NHS waiting times, prevent crime, reduce inequalities and grow the economy, say leading public health experts | AHA, UK
Controlled drugs annual update report for 2023
There is a significant increase in the number of cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs) prescribed privately in the independent sector. The most current available prescribing data for independent services has shown an increase of 118% between 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2023. The number of unlicensed CBPMs prescribed each year continues to increase by at least 100% annually | CQC, UK
Evaluating the Acceptability of the Drink Less App and the National Health Service Alcohol Advice Web Page: Qualitative Interview Process Evaluation
The Drink Less app was developed by researchers at University College London. A sub-sample from a trial comparing it to the NHS alcohol advice web page thought it the more effective at helping control their drinking, results in line with consumption findings from the parent trial | JMIR, UK
Alcohol rehabilitation and cancer risk: a nationwide hospital cohort study in France
Even though alcohol consumption is an established risk factor for cancer, evidence regarding the effect of a reduction or cessation of alcohol consumption on cancer incidence is scarce. Our main study aim was to assess the effect of alcohol rehabilitation and abstinence on cancer incidence in people with alcohol dependence | Lancet, UK
One in six vapes confiscated at English schools spiked with ‘zombie drug’
Warning of risk of serious harm as synthetic drug spice found in vapes in 28 of 38 schools tested | Guardian, UK
‘We’re going to see a death’ - stark warning as vapes spiked with Spice in England's schools
Professor Chris Pudney, a Professor of Applied Biochemistry at the University of Bath, has been testing vapes taken from young people across the country. He warned it is now a “struggle” to find a school in England where vapes containing Spice were not present, claiming it was almost “endemic” and saying we needed to start “being honest about it” | ITV, UK
Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room
The facility was approved in September 2023, but work is ongoing despite hopes for an April start | Big Issue, UK
Moderate drinking not better for health than abstaining, analysis suggests
Scientists say flaws in previous research mean health benefits from alcohol were exaggerated | Guardian, UK [See study here]
Pill testing to be introduced by Queensland government at Gold Coast schoolies
Move is welcomed by drug and alcohol services, but the LNP opposition vows to scrap it if it wins government | Guardian, UK
Drink-driving deaths at highest for 13 years
The number of fatalities in drink-drive collisions has reached its highest level for more than a decade, newly released figures show. [See item below] | BBC, UK
Reported road casualties in Great Britain involving illegal alcohol levels: 2022
Estimates for 2022 show that between 290 and 320 people were killed in collisions in Great Britain where at least one driver was over the drink-drive limit, with a central estimate of 300 deaths. The central estimate of fatalities for 2022 is the highest level since 2009, and an increase compared to the previous year | DoT, UK