20-04-2007
An overview of drug use among young people in Britain: Dr. Russell Newcombe
Who do they tell? (A46)
8 page booklet detailing the records that are kept by drug services about their clients and in what circumstances information is shared. Includes information about the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System and the Treatments Outcome Profile.
Alcopops Poster (K1)
The poster and postcards feature information on: drinking, driving and overcrowding cars; advertising; alcohol content; drinking to appear hard, risky situations; drinking alone and helping friends. Space is provided for local information.
Drug-War Milestone: Record levels
Drug-related searches and offences in the UK have now reached unprecedented levels. First, drug-related stops & searches by the police in England & Wales climbed to a record level of 405,000 in 2006/07, up from just 32,500 in 1986. This constitutes a twelve-fold increase in 20 years, and amounts to over 1,100 drug-related stops & searches per day
NTA Anthrax Update/Advice
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS Blackpool have confirmed that the death of an injecting heroin user in Blackpool was the result of anthrax.