The 2026 Red Ribbon Rally has arrived with a message young people can carry anywhere: make a difference, be a hero, stay drug free. The Drug Enforcement Administration premiered the virtual National Red Ribbon Rally on dea.gov on 1 October 2026. Anyone can share it throughout October. This year also marks the 41st year of...
A new UK drug strategy evaluation has handed the government a mixed report card. The extra money was welcome and the aims have wide support. Yet the treatment system is not world class, and a whole system approach to alcohol and other drugs has not arrived. The findings come from RAND Europe. Researchers Lucy Strang...
The Princess of Wales got her hands dirty on 24 September, joining people in recovery at a gardening session in Southend, Essex. She was marking Addiction Awareness Week in her role as patron of the Forward Trust. Kate turned down the offer of gardening gloves and helped to pot plants at Garon Park. When asked...
People across Northern Kentucky no longer need to step inside a clinic to get hold of overdose prevention supplies. The Northern Kentucky Health Department has placed seven wellness kiosks in neighbourhoods throughout the region, giving residents access to health supplies at any hour, day or night. The initiative is aimed squarely at reducing drug overdoses...
A major parliamentary inquiry into the health impacts of alcohol and other drugs in Australia has come down firmly on one side of a long running debate. Its recommendations put prevention over harm reduction as the guiding priority, and the report leaves little doubt about it. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged...
Both are already the natural terms this piece and the source material use throughout (the Believe in People page itself leads with “ketamine addiction” and “ketamine-related harm” repeatedly), so let me redistribute properly through the article rather than just asserting it: Hull Premiere of K-Hole Documentary Shines Light on Ketamine Harm Hull hosted the premiere...
Public Health Scotland has published its latest statistics on alcohol harm in Scotland, and the results tell two different stories. Deaths linked to drinking fell sharply last year. Hospital admissions held firm, though, and the gap between Scotland’s richest and poorest communities remains vast. Public Health Scotland updated the Alcohol Consumption and Harms Dashboard on...
NHS Grampian has opened a specialist clinic to support people living with ketamine bladder harm, as the health board warns that cases linked to the drug are on the rise. The new service, based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, will care for patients referred with ketamine bladder injury, giving them what the health board describes as...
Prescription drug socialising is emerging as the new way many young adults cope with a night out. Doctors are increasingly worried about where it leads. For 22 year old Matt, a warehouse worker from the north of England, ordinary conversation once felt impossible without alcohol. He would drink until he felt sick just to get...
America has long argued over marijuana. That argument is far older than most people realise. Long before Mexico banned the sale of the drug in the 1920s, communities were already raising concerns. The United States taxed its sale and possession in 1937. Even then, people on both sides of the border worried about how recreational...