Addicts to use UK’s first heroin-assisted treatment centre
Heroin addicts will be able to use the drug in the UK’s first heroin‑assisted treatment centre in an attempt to save lives and reduce crime. The proposed centre, in Middlesbrough, will be open seven days a week. Participants in the scheme will inject themselves three times daily under the supervision of health staff. The centre
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Community substance abuse treatment pilots to steer offenders from crime
More vulnerable offenders caught up in the UK criminal justice system will have the option to receive treatment services under a new plan focused on increasing the effectiveness of rehabilitation and reducing reoffending rates. This is according to a government announcement on 20 June. Under appropriate circumstances, the new pilot programmes will allow more offenders
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UK drink-drivers more likely to be caught in June
UK motorists have a higher chance of being caught for drink‑driving in June than in most other months. Police are now increasing their drink‑driving enforcement activities as motorists are more likely to risk drink‑driving in the warmer summer months. A new study by the breathalyser firm, AlcoSense Laboratories, shows that the police conducted 50% more
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Essex Police to target drug-driving this summer
Essex Police plan to target drug‑driving this summer after data showed that arrests for drug‑driving have more than doubled over the first quarter of this year. There were 224 arrests for drug‑driving from January to March 2018, but that number has increased to 470 during the first quarter of this year. This shocking increase has
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