ScreenSafe UK wish all our customers, suppliers, stakeholders and partners a very happy and prosperous New Year. We are looking forward to working together with you in 2009.
31 December 2008
Drug driving: can 'drugalysers' stamp it out?
Drugs, even the medicinal kind, are a growing hazard for drivers. The facts are sobering, finds Jimmy Lee Shreeve. The Euston underpass had never looked so beautiful. The mix of rain and oil spillage – and the influence of copious amounts of marijuana and hashish – had turned the tarmac into a hypnotic rainbow. > Read more.
Drugs, even the medicinal kind, are a growing hazard for drivers. The facts are sobering, finds Jimmy Lee Shreeve. The Euston underpass had never looked so beautiful. The mix of rain and oil spillage – and the influence of copious amounts of marijuana and hashish – had turned the tarmac into a hypnotic rainbow. > Read more.
Drug danger fears for dance revellers
PARAMEDICS will be on standby at Docklands stadium tonight amid fears that there will be drug casualties at one of Melbourne's biggest New Year's parties. Up to 40,000 revellers are expected to attend the Sensation dance party just over a week after 12 people were taken to hospital after overdosing on a suspected "bad batch" of the illicit drug GHB at a rave party at Festival Hall. > Read more.
PARAMEDICS will be on standby at Docklands stadium tonight amid fears that there will be drug casualties at one of Melbourne's biggest New Year's parties. Up to 40,000 revellers are expected to attend the Sensation dance party just over a week after 12 people were taken to hospital after overdosing on a suspected "bad batch" of the illicit drug GHB at a rave party at Festival Hall. > Read more.
Police vow to step up drugs campaign
More than 510 homes have been searched by police battling to stamp out drugs in Stoke-on-Trent and officers have pledged the war against dealers will continue in 2009. Crime reporter Aimi Moores looks at what has been achieved so far. DRUG dealers have been warned that police will continue to hunt them down in 2009. Operation Nemesis – Staffordshire Police's campaign against the drug trade in Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding areas – is still going strong, and police chiefs say there are no plans to end it. > Read more.
More than 510 homes have been searched by police battling to stamp out drugs in Stoke-on-Trent and officers have pledged the war against dealers will continue in 2009. Crime reporter Aimi Moores looks at what has been achieved so far. DRUG dealers have been warned that police will continue to hunt them down in 2009. Operation Nemesis – Staffordshire Police's campaign against the drug trade in Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding areas – is still going strong, and police chiefs say there are no plans to end it. > Read more.
Alcoholic liver disease soars among the young as hospital admissions more than double
The number of young people suffering from liver disease caused by alcohol has more than doubled since Labour came to power. Damning figures show 6,495 Britons aged 18 to 40 were admitted to hospital suffering from alcoholic liver disease in 2006/07, compared to 2,967 a decade ago. > Read more.
The number of young people suffering from liver disease caused by alcohol has more than doubled since Labour came to power. Damning figures show 6,495 Britons aged 18 to 40 were admitted to hospital suffering from alcoholic liver disease in 2006/07, compared to 2,967 a decade ago. > Read more.
Drug deaths on database
PERSONAL details of every drugs-death victim in Scotland are to be collected in an attempt to prevent future fatalities, it will be announced today. > Read more.
PERSONAL details of every drugs-death victim in Scotland are to be collected in an attempt to prevent future fatalities, it will be announced today. > Read more.
4 December 2008
Drug Education; An Entitlement for All
A report by the Advisory Group on Drug and Alcohol Education. PDF Document. > Read more.
A report by the Advisory Group on Drug and Alcohol Education. PDF Document. > Read more.
Seizures of Drugs in England and Wales, 2006/07
These statistics cover seizures made during the year by
police , together with information from HM Revenue and
Customs. PDF document. > Read more.
These statistics cover seizures made during the year by
police , together with information from HM Revenue and
Customs. PDF document. > Read more.
Motoring Offences and Breath Test Statistics
This bulletin contains statistics on motoring offences and breath tests dealt with by the police in England and Wales in 2006 and earlier years. 53-page PDF document. > Read more.
This bulletin contains statistics on motoring offences and breath tests dealt with by the police in England and Wales in 2006 and earlier years. 53-page PDF document. > Read more.
Adverts warn of cocaine dangers
A hard-hitting £1m television and internet advertising campaign to warn teenagers of the dangers of cocaine use is being launched by the government. The adverts feature a fictional dog called Pablo, who is used as a "mule" to carry cocaine by drug dealers. The dog seeks out coke users to find out what happens to them and in one advert, watches a young woman have a heart attack. The UK has recorded the highest number of cocaine users in the EU. > Read more.
A hard-hitting £1m television and internet advertising campaign to warn teenagers of the dangers of cocaine use is being launched by the government. The adverts feature a fictional dog called Pablo, who is used as a "mule" to carry cocaine by drug dealers. The dog seeks out coke users to find out what happens to them and in one advert, watches a young woman have a heart attack. The UK has recorded the highest number of cocaine users in the EU. > Read more.
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