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12 April 2018 Drug and alcohol treatment brings a host of benefits to individuals, families and communities: Saving lives – Treatment is a protective factor against overdose and helps to

5 April 2018 This is the third in a series of posts discussing topics raised at the recent Drug Strategy Implementation Events which Collective Voice delivered on behalf of the Home Office

12 March 2018 A perfect storm is brewing. Years of austerity, the degradation of public services, sluggish growth and falling wages are all contributing to increasing pressures on the poor

07 March 2018 Marching wilfully with a sense of purpose into politically and legally sensitive territory is always likely to make headlines. And that is exactly what the West Midlands

2 February 2018 This is the second in a series of blog posts discussing topics raised at the recent Drug Strategy Implementation Events which Collective Voice delivered on behalf of

14 December 2017 Last month, Collective Voice delivered a series of events on behalf of the Home Office to assist the implementation of the Government’s 2017 Drug Strategy. Given the

13 November 2017 “One of the Government’s most fundamental roles is to protect the most vulnerable people in our society.” In difficult times, I felt a tinge of hope to

30 October 2017 This month saw the launch online by Public Health England of the Public Health Dashboard.  It tells us how well each local authority area performs across a

Last month, ONS released the latest statistics for drug-related deaths in England and Wales, which made for sobering reading. Yet again, the number of drug-related deaths has risen to the

Just over 2 million adults in England will use cannabis this year. Most will do so occasionally, slotting their cannabis use into otherwise unremarkable lives, just as an even larger