Ant McPartlin, the 42-year-old co-presenter of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! has announced that he will not be returning to TV work until 2019. Ants decision not to return to work, following his stint in rehab, will bring a huge sigh of relief to his numerous fans and no doubt his family and…
A breakthrough in drug and alcohol treatment for the UK could become a reality; as the UK is set to follow Portugal’s example of compulsory rehab treatment for criminals suffering from addiction. Whilst illicit drugs will not be decriminalised, it seems the government is finally seeing sense by implementing measures to reduce the number of…
2017 statistics released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed the highest number of cocaine-related deaths in England and Wales ever recorded since comparable records began. This is the 6th consecutive year that England and Wales have experienced a shocking rise in the deaths where cocaine has been deemed to be the main…
The Independent newspaper recently exclusively revealed the results of a UK survey they recruited BMG Research to manage, assessing the general consensus amongst the British public regarding the legalisation of recreational cannabis in the UK. BMG Research, who are regularly recruited to conduct polls for The Department of Education, Open University, the UK government and…
The latest statistics from ONS (Office for National Statistics) have been released and show there has been no positive impact on the number of deaths from drug-related deaths from 2016, the previous year. In 2016 England and Wales were hit by the highest number of drug-related deaths ever recorded, with 3,744 individuals dying as a…
Demi Lovato raised speculation and concerns that the singer had fallen off the wagon and relapsed on alcohol and drugs. The 25-year-old devastated her fans by singing the words “I’m not sober anymore” during her new song Sober at a recent concert. Family, friends and fans were further worried when witnesses said she was visibly…
Simon Pegg recently opened up to The Guardian newspaper about his long term battle with alcoholism and depression. Simon poignantly stated during the interview: “One thing [addiction] does is make you clever at not giving anything away. People think junkies and alcoholics are slovenly, unmotivated people. They’re not – they are incredibly organised. They can…
The URI (University of Rhode Island) has received a $1.65million federal grant towards the study of a new drug being developed to control alcohol cravings. The National Institute on Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse has funded a laboratory for the clinical trials on the drug to be conducted. If…
Being an alcoholic does not necessarily mean that you have lost all in life an are living in the gutter drinking cheap alcohol from a brown paper bag. For some, yes it does reach these depths and strip them of everything materialistic and take away their dignity. For others, functionally, they are able to hold…
Recent reports have emerged revealing prison nurses and healthcare workers are “passing out” from inhaling second-hand Spice smoke in UK prisons. Currently, there are no guidelines or protocols to safeguard prison health care workers from inhaling Spice smoke. The shocking report led Ann Norman, professional lead of The Royal College of Nursing to state: “The…