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Alcoholism: a family affair

The Telegraph, 13 August 2008 - Lucy Atkins looks at the help on offer to those close to an addict

‘Cocaine better known than cannabis, according to kids’

Druglink, July/Aug 2008 - Cocaine is the best-known illegal drug among children and adults get high to 'look cool'...

Drinking ban flouters could face jail in new crackdown

Oxford Mail, 31 July 2008 - We will jail them, that's the hardline message from police over drinkers found boozing in the street

Drug stories hitting Reading media

Reading Evening Post, 31 July 2008

Mission Impossible

Druglink, July/August 2008 - Bus-like, three reports have arrived in convoy to tackle the thorny issue of drugs in prison. Andrew Neilson frisks them for valuable currency.

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Cocaine use trebles in a decade

The Independent, 15 August 2008 - 2m Britons take illegal drugs each month; 1 in 3 adults has tried banned substances; 1 in 4 school-aged children has used drugs

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Team success as drug overdose figures drop

Reading Evening Post, 14 August 2008 - As cases of drug overdoses increase in some parts of the UK, the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading report a positive decline in numbers…

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Julian Critchley: All the experts admit that we should legalise drugs

The Independent, 14 August 2008 - a lively debate with plenty of reader comments...

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