Students urged to stay safe during freshers' week
All over the UK this week young students are arriving at university for the first time. Before studies commence students experience 'freshers' week', which is a time to settle in, join clubs and socialise. For many this is the first time away from home and it is not uncommon for students to binge drink. Bedfordshire
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Call to end war on drugs
Mike Barton, chief constable of Durham police, has said that class A drugs should be decriminalised and drug addicts should be "treated and cared for not criminalised". Mr Barton wrote in the Observer, arguing that ending the war on drugs will cut crime and provide a system to properly help those who are suffering from
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More children are abusing alcohol
There are growing concerns that more and more children are suffering the consequences of alcohol abuse. Children are drinking at a younger age and this trend leads to more people developing alcohol problems throughout their teenage years and adulthood. A BBC Radio 5 live investigation found that last year near 300 children aged 11 or
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Alastair Campbell speaks of Britain's alcohol problem
Alastair Campbell, Labour’s former spin doctor, has spoken publicly on Radio 5 Live about his own alcohol problems and the problems that face Britain today. Mr Campbell was himself an alcoholic, so he knows what damage alcoholism can do. He is now calling for a change in alcohol pricing to force a minimum price on
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