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Children struggling to access drug and alcohol addiction services, data suggests

The number of children able to access youth addiction services has fallen to its lowest level on record during the pandemic, new figures suggest. Analysis of data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) found that 11,013 under-18s ...

03 Feb 2022 at 01:26

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Response to drug addiction has been 'hopelessly inadequate': Hunter

SDLP East Derry MLA Cara Hunter has said the failure to tackle drug abuse and addiction is having a profound impact on communities across the North. Ms Hunter was speaking following a series of reports highlighting the scale of the drug problem ...

24 Aug 2022 at 13:33

Scotland

More than 1,100 babies born with signs of addiction since 2017

More than 1,100 babies have been born dependent on substances in the last five years, leading to calls for world-leading alcohol and drug services in Scotland. The Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged the Scottish Government to invest in ...

07 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Kildare Live

Barrister claims that cannabis has contributed to Kildare court defendant's mental health issues

A Naas District Court judge was told that a young man's mental health issues have been exacerbated by cannabis usage. The man, who is aged in his 20s, appeared before Judge Desmond Zaidan on Thursday, January 18, and pleaded guilty to ...

20 Jan 2024 at 11:33

Kildare Now

Barrister claims that cannabis has contributed to Kildare court defendant's mental health issues

20 Jan 2024 at 11:33

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Co Derry man who died in custody was ‘in need of addiction services’

County Derry man James Fleck who died in custody could not get the best addiction services while in custody according to the Prisoner Ombudsman report into his death. The Ombudsman acknowledged that the Prison Officers kept him ...

28 Mar 2023 at 17:33

Health

Teacher’s pet who became drug addict due to diabetes ‘lucky to be alive’ after triple sepsis from gaping injection wounds

A former “teacher’s pet” who became an IV drug addict when he sought relief for chronic pain caused by diabetes “accepted he would die” after he caught sepsis three times from injection wounds, has said he now feels “lucky to ...

20 Sept 2023 at 07:00

Scotland

Progress on drug treatment standards not good enough or fast enough – minister

Progress in meeting key drug treatment standards has not been good enough or fast enough, Scotland’s drugs minister has said. Medication assisted treatment (Mat) standards were laid out last year by the Scottish Government ...

23 Jun 2022 at 17:17

Love & Relationships

Mum who left school with no GCSEs and fell pregnant at 18 now studying midwifery at 47 and says ‘nothing’s out of reach’

A woman who left school with no qualifications and fell pregnant with her first child at 18 before having six children from three relationships, with one of the fathers dying unexpectedly, now feels “nothing is out of ...

02 Jun 2023 at 07:00

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Reformed drug addict raising money to fix teeth in Turkey to remove final ‘constant reminder’ of his difficult past

A former drug addict of 20 years who turned his life around to become a YouTube creator is raising money to get his teeth fixed in Turkey to let him smile again and forget his difficult past. Stephen Smart, 35, from ...

20 Dec 2022 at 07:00

Scotland

Attitudes to drug misuse improving but stigma remains, survey finds

Attitudes towards drug addicts have improved in the last decade but stigma around substance misuse still exists, a new survey shows. The ScotCen Social Research survey assesses the social attitudes towards people ...

09 Nov 2022 at 16:00

Health

Ex-addict who spent more than £3,000 a month on drugs and wanted to die completes ultramarathon through Arctic Circle

An ultramarathon runner who recently completed a 143-mile self-sufficient race across the Arctic Circle has described how he spent 14 years addicted to Class A drugs, and could not watch a movie without taking ...

06 Mar 2024 at 06:30

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