1,100 Scots underage drinkers admitted to hospital
ALMOST 1,100 underage drinkers were admitted to hospital last year after abusing alcohol, figures showed yesterday. > Read More

Now cannabis dealers will escape jail despite government pledge for tougher punishments
Cannabis dealers will escape jail, despite Gordon Brown's decision to reclassify the drug, it emerged last night. > Read More

Binge drink scare tactics 'do not work'
Drinkers ignore government health campaigns because limits are seen as 'unrealistically' low. > Read More

Video: Drug Czar, Dr. Drew Pinsky and Other Experts Discuss Pot Use and Depression
C-Span covered the event live. > Read More

Half city's youth 'take cocaine'
More than 50% of young people in Liverpool admit to having taken cocaine, a new report claims. > Read More

Growing addiction a backlash of Afghan opium production
Living in Afghanistan, the world's unrivalled producer of heroin, Faqirullah has no problem finding drugs to feed his habit. What concerns him is getting the cash to buy them. > Read More

Cocaine 'biggest killer of all'
A Dublin coroner has said cocaine abuse is rife in the city, describing the drug as "the biggest killer" of all. > Read More

Prison drugs problem 'worsening'
Attempts to smuggle drugs into Maghaberry Prison are increasing, despite the use of measures including drug dogs, the governor has said. > Read More

Over-30s 'ignore alcohol advice'
People in their 30s and 40s are worse than those in their 20s at sticking to their drinking limits, a poll has suggested. > Read More