Addiction

Public Health England seeks to improve opioid substitution treatment

Public Health England has launched an opioid treatment quality improvement programme, and aims to develop tools to improve the quality of treatment…

First pharmacy-based automated needle exchange opens in Lincolnshire

What is thought to be the first automated clean needle dispenser in a UK community pharmacy opened in Sleaford in Lincolnshire in January 2018…

Minimum unit alcohol pricing works, MPs told

Making cheap, strong alcohol less affordable could benefit the health of the two million people who drink at harmful levels in England…

Government launches review of prescription drug misuse in England

The government has launched a “landmark review” to address prescription drug addiction and dependency in England…

Drinking alcohol increases cancer risk

Drinking alcohol increases the risk of developing cancer, yet only 13% of adults are aware of the link.…

Naloxone nasal spray shows potential for opioid-overdose reversal

A study of nasally administered opioid antagonist, naloxone, has shown promising results…

Scottish MPs urge UK government to allow drug consumption rooms to be piloted in Scotland

Scottish MPs are urging the UK Government to either relax drug laws or devolve relevant powers to the Scottish Government to allow supervised drug consumption rooms to be piloted in Scotland.…

Fixing a minimum alcohol unit price in Scotland

Rising alcohol-related health damage and evidence for a specific link to cheap alcohol led the Scottish Government to legislate a minimum price per unit of alcohol to reduce sales.…

E-cigarette rules should be relaxed to encourage smokers to switch, MPs told

E-cigarette regulations should be relaxed to make vaping more attractive to smokers of traditional cigarettes, expert witnesses have told a House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee hearing.…

RPS Scotland provides evidence to Scottish Parliament on diabetes prevention and drug-related deaths

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has provided evidence for two Scottish parliamentary sessions held this week…