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...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Drug Related Death Report Published
The Office for National Statistics have published the latest report on drug related deaths in England and Wales. The main findings...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 2, 2019
- 3 min
Non-Fatal Overdose: Is it a Window of Opportunity for Change?
Opioid-related deaths continue to take the lives of thousands in the U.S. each year, with non-fatal opioid overdoses as a significant...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 5, 2018
- 3 min
Overdose and Depression Linked
In my first book-Drug Induced- I demonstrated that opiate overdose was rarely ever linked to drug purity. Reviewing research and...
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Phil Harris
- May 14, 2018
- 2 min
Alcohol & Tobacco: Still the Most Toxic Substances
A new review published online today in the journal Addiction has compiled the best, most up-to-date source of information on alcohol,...
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Phil Harris
- Feb 18, 2018
- 1 min
A Vaccine for Heroin Overdose?
With ever increase awareness of the rise of opiate related death, and interesting research study has made a major step forward in...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 29, 2017
- 1 min
Why Are Overdose Rates Increasing in the UK?
A major challenge for substance misuse and related fields in the UK is to address the dramatic rise in drug related deaths. Findings has...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 29, 2017
- 1 min
Naltrexone Overdose Prevention: Gaps in Knowledge
Naltrexone has become an important tool in the front line defense against overdose from opiates in both the the US and the UK. However,...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 29, 2017
- 1 min
Large-Scale Overdose Review Published in US
Drug related overdose rates are rising in both the UK and the US. One of the largest studies of over 13,000 deaths has just been...
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