COVID

Alcohol Related Deaths Increase by 20%

The long terms impact of lockdown is beginning to be felt. One of the most dramatic impacts has been an almost 20 per cent increase in...

Concerned Others: Living with Problem Users in Lockdown

Concerned Others, the parents, partners and close friends of those with substance misuse problems, are a neglected group at the best of...

Will COVID Cast a Long Shadow?

Exposure to COVID-19 could pose a risk to the health and aging of individuals who aren't even born yet, according to a newly published...

COVID, Emotional Literacy & Wellbeing

Everybody, it seems, is stressed out to some degree by the coronavirus pandemic. It may be anguish over the sickness or death of a friend...

Hold Still-National Portrait Gallery Exhibition of Life During Lockdown

Lockdown has been a difficult time. Isolation, separation from loved ones, home schooling and diminished socialisation has taken a toll...

Substance Users at Greater Risk from COVID 19

A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and...

COVID & Use: How is the Virus Changing Consumption Across Europe?

The EMCDDA, the European Drug monitoring centre, have compiled a trendspotter briefing on changes in drug consumption during the lock...

Phil Harris