Healthwatch: Cocaine Addiction

Healthwatch: Cocaine Addiction — Pamela Vanmeer reports on the addictive power of cocaine, and talks to a man who knows what it’s like to live with that addiction.

Number of people getting alcoholic care rises
And growing numbers who have already been through treatment programmes are returning because of compulsive and addictive drinking. The worrying trends were revealed in a new report from the Health Research Board which found the number of … The most …
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Councils join forces to demand power to stop the spread of betting shops
The spread of betting shops is a highly contentious issue as it is thought to be driven by fixed odds betting terminals, machines that have been dubbed the “crack cocaine of gambling” because of their addictive characteristics. Bookmakers are limited …
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