Councillors pass motion that paves way to setting up drugs-consumption facility where users can be helped and treated

Exclusive: Research in England shows people a third less likely to reoffend under decriminalisation-style schemes

The Victorian Pill Testing Service is a free, legal and confidential health service that aims to reduce drug-related harm through substance analysis and personalised harm reduction advice.

We are aware of multiple reports in recent days from people experiencing unusual and potentially dangerous effects after using what they thought was ketamine. There appear to be two batches in circula...

The city will prohibit the distribution of safe drug use supplies, unless the outfits distributing them offer counseling services or connections to care.

I wrote to an academic at Manchester Metropolitan University, Dr Maxime Boidin, about generating irresponsible publicity based on false interpretations of unpublished data.

In response to the recent and growing shift from injecting heroin to smoking fentanyl, an increasing number of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the…

Understanding the pleasure drugs give people would help to prevent the harms.

In a few days, the UK’s first drug consumption room will open its doors in Glasgow. The centre, known as 'The Thistle’, will provide a clean place for people to inject drugs under medical supervision.

The facility will allow people to take illegal drugs under medical supervision.

The advisory “highlights alcohol use as a leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, contributing to nearly 100,000 cancer cases and about 20,000 cancer deaths each year.”

The Taliban’s opium ban, coupled with Afghan farmers’ replacement of poppy largely with low-value wheat, is likely to worsen dissatisfaction and political tensions. The Taliban’s persistence in enforc...

This study determined the effects of reduced cocaine use on immune function. Treatment seeking participants with Cocaine Use Disorder enrolled in a 12…

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Public-health experts are calling for minimum pricing to stop further rises in harmful drinking.

We’re proud to share our Hepatitis C micro-elimination impact report for 2021-2024. At Via, working towards eliminating Hep C is a priority.

Public-health experts are calling for minimum pricing to stop further rises in harmful drinking.

A researcher says 10 years after it was made illegal in the UK, khat is still being widely sold.

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Another drug has entered the drug supply