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Heavy drinking in pregnancy can alter unborn babies' brains, study shows | Science | guardian.co.uk
People born to alcoholic mothers at risk of problems ranging from poor brain development to loss of hearing and vision
Dean Woodward on drugs and family dysfunction
When working with young offenders the most difficult client is one from a grossly dysfunctional family. When that dysfunction involves parental drug addiction,...
Alice Cepeda receives National Award of Excellence in Research for Hispanic drug abuse research
The National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse awarded the National Award of Excellence in Research by a New Investigator to Alice Cepeda, sociology professor and associate director of the Center for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston.
France’s margins of action
Devices France’s resources in the fight against drugs are coordinated by the Interministerial Mission for the Fight against Drugs and Drug Addiction (MILDT: httpwww.drogues.gouv.fr), attached to the Prime Minister. The primary purpose of the MILDT is to coordinate the policy on the
First £200 vasectomy 'bribe' paid to British drug addict | Society | The Guardian
Project Prevention, set up by American who adopted children of crack addict, condemned by charities DrugScope and Addaction
One in 50 admit to drug addiction | Society | The Observer
Survey also shows 19% of adult Britons have been dependent on illegal drugs or know someone who has
DrugScope: One in five have experience of drug addiction
Nearly one in five adults in the UK have had personal experience of drug addiction either directly or through their family and friends, according to a new published today by DrugScope.
Substance misuse
Around 3.5 million people use drugs each year in the UK and 8.2 million people have an alcohol disorder. Alcohol and drug abuse costs the government some £38 billion a year.
Target missed for cutting deaths from drug abuse
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Survey finds drug users are starting younger
About two-thirds of young people using NCH Action For Children youth justice projects have drug-related problems, a startling survey has found.
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