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Alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom, 2010
In 2010 there were 8,790 alcohol-related deaths in the UK, 126 more than in 2009 (8,664) | Office for National Statistics, UK
Scots alcohol-related deaths double during last 30 years
While 641 people died in 1979 from alcohol-related conditions, by 2010 the number had risen to 1,318 | The Scotsman, UK
Call for crackdown on pubs serving drunk customers
The chief constable of Scotland's largest police force has called for more action to tackle pubs and nightclubs that serve alcohol to already drunk customers after a woman suffered a serious head injury following a marathon drinking session | The Herald, Scotland, UK
Increase in male deaths caused by alcohol
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that a total of 8,790 people died of alcohol-related causes in 2010, 126 more than in 2009. The number of deaths among men rose from 5,690 in 2009 to 5,865 in 2010, the latest year for which figures are available | Independent, UK
UK and Republic top European binge-drinking list
Some 80 per cent of drinking takes place around a meal table in Italy, Spain and France, while in Britain and Ireland 80 per cent of drinking happens away from the meal table, the first North-South conference on alcohol heard yesterday | Irish Times
Alcohol kills over 1,300 each year across Ireland
Alcohol claims the lives of more than 1,300 people each year across Ireland, health chiefs holding a cross-border conference on the problem confirmed | Irish Examiner
Anne Milton MP, Public Health Minister addresses the LJWG Conference
Video - It is estimated that as many as 34,000 Londoners with a history of injecting drugs have hepatitis C, yet only 800 or so are currently engaged with treatment services and receiving treatment. Downloads from the conference | London Joint Working Group for Substance misuse and Hepatitis C, UK
Tackling the problem of hepatitis C, substance misuse and health inequalities: a consensus for London
This document represents a call to action from experts in the fields of addiction and hepatitis in London. It provides a framework with which to address the epidemiological, clinical and financial challenges presented by current rates of hepatitis C among people who have injected drugs and sets out solutions in the form of a blueprint for local commissioners | The London Joint Working Group for Substance Misuse and Hepatitis C, UK
Recovery movement helps addicts kick the habit in Liverpool
The Raucous Caucus Recovery Chorus is made up entirely of former drug users and alcoholics from Liverpool | BBC, UK
Big Lottery win
Charities win Big Lottery funding to help children in Hertfordshire who have ‘hard start in life’ | Westminster Drug Project, UK
Homelessness: deadline day for Scotland to achieve equal access
A 10-year programme to ensure all homeless people have the same right to a permanent home reaches fruition in 2012 | Guardian, UK
Poorest communities feel brunt of spending cuts
The most deprived local authorities have been hardest hit by the cuts. It also finds conflict within local authorities over whether the needs of vulnerable people should be prioritised. Report: Serving deprived communities in a recession | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
Children's services bear the brunt of grant cuts
Children and young people are being hit hardest by cuts to local authority grants, research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found | Children & Young People Now, UK
A stronger voice and real control in social services
A stronger voice and real control is one of the principal aims of the new wide-ranging Social Services Bill for Wales, announced by Gwenda Thomas, the Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services | Welsh Government, UK
Marijuana Push in Colorado Likens It to Alcohol
Proponents of marijuana have argued for years that the drug is safer than alcohol, both to individuals and society. But a ballot proposal to legalize possession of marijuana in small amounts in Colorado, likely to be on the November ballot, is putting the two intoxicants back into the same sentence, urging voters to “regulate marijuana like alcohol,” | New York Times, USA
Cocaine seized at UN headquarters in New York
A bag containing 16kg (35.5lb) of cocaine was found at the United Nations headquarters in New York last week, police have said | BBC, UK
Bottle shops curbed as authority agonises over supply of cheap liquor
Parts of NSW are saturated with bottle shops and any increase would cause social harm, the head of the state's liquor licensing authority has declared after it ruled on 20 applications by the supermarket chains Coles, Woolworths and Aldi | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
'Get a gutful, then a tankful': Woolies under fire for 30c alcohol-fuel discount
Woolworths has drawn flack for linking drinking and driving by offering deep discount petrol vouchers to people who double their alcohol purchases | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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