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Campaigners have criticised comments from singer Joss Stone in which she appears to glamorise drugs.
The father of a heroin addict has urged other parents to look out for the signs of substance abuse before it is too late, it has been reported.
Welsh school children are being given a glimpse of the world of drug addiction and criminality in a new education programme, it has been reported.
Cocaine and heroin addiction continue to be a problem for European countries and the European Union has had little impact in curbing their use, although addiction and use of softer drugs such as cannabis has fallen in the past year, new data shows.
The government should make a greater effort to help people suffering from prescription drug addictions, it has been claimed, with a greater emphasis on intervention and rehabilitation.
New research has suggested that a stepped care intervention programme can help cut the consumption of alcohol among people suffering from alcohol addiction.
Reading is set to get a new suite of addiction treatment services, as companies are currently bidding to provide a new selection of addiction rehabilitation facilities in the area.
A doctor from Montana has relived his experience of becoming a drug addict, self-medicating with painkillers, until an intervention by the police eventually made him tackle his problems.