A recent study has revealed that adults in Scotland are consuming the equivalent of a staggering 46 bottles of vodka in a year reports BBC News. The 50.5 million litres of pure alcohol sold in Scotland last year was enough for every drinker over the age of 18 to exceed the weekly consumption guidelines. With read more »

According to The Times, the number of young women in their teens or early twenties requiring treatment for cocaine addiction is on the increase. Despite heroin addiction declining, the number of women under 35 who are entering treatment has increased by 60 per cent in the past four years. A survey undertaken by the National read more »

Gone are the days of heads being flushed down toilets and the class bully pinching your lunch money, now our children have the cyber bully to contend with. Despite the absence of the physical aspects of bullying, logging on and facing a cyber bully is ever bit as terrifying and real as coming face to read more »

Survivors of sexual attacks are to receive increased support thanks to £20,000 worth of government funding, reports Portsmouth based paper, The News. The Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre will use the government payout to offer more counselling services for victims. Since the centres opening in 2006 victims from the Isle of Wight have been travelling read more »

A public accounts committee (PAC) report has revealed that only one in eighteen of those with an alcohol abuse problem are getting the help they need from the NHS, reports the Guardian. On average the NHS spends around £1,744 per head on drug addicts, however, for heavy drinkers the figure is £197 per head. The read more »

Children who have suffered from sexual abuse are not getting enough access to therapy services due to a shortage, reports the Times. For every 25,000 children there is only one support programme available, and many places do not have any kind of support at all, meaning children face a postcode lottery, according to a report read more »

The number of people being admitted to A&E after taking cocaine is at an all time high, reports the BBC, at seventeen a week. In 2007-2008, 894 people in England were treated for a “cocaine-induced health emergency”, as opposed to 740 in 2006-2007 and 448 in 2003-2004. The number of people being taken to hospital read more »

Under-age binge drinkers are consuming up to 20 units of alcohol a week, reports the Independent. A new survey that looked at the drinking habits of 13,000 14-17 year olds in the north west of England revealed that half drink to get drunk and that one in 20 drink alone. The survey was published by read more »

A new survey shows that there has been a significant increase in young girls drinking, reports the Guardian. 11 to 15 year-olds in London alone consume around 180,000 bottles of lager a week, and girls now drink as much as girls. Hospital admissions, however, are twice as high for girls than boys, due to their read more »

New patterns in cocaine use could put younger users at even more risk, reports the Guardian. A new trend amongst cocaine users of mixing the drug in with other substances to allow them to drink for longer is causing health problems for 20 to 30 year olds. However, it is resulting in many users being read more »