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Drug Safety Message - 27 Apr 2011, 14:27
Grampian Police are currently investigating two suspected drug related deaths and a near fatal overdose in the Banff area which are believed to be linked to the use of Heroin. These three incidents all occurred between Friday 22 and Saturday 23 April 2011, which along with their localised na... Read on Heroin Warning Issued - 15 Apr 2011, 12:00
Grampian Police and NHS Grampian have issued a warning to heroin users in the region, in light of a recent drug-related death and an unconnected recovery of drugs in Aberdeen, both in the Torry area of the city. Inspector Andy Imray, Substance Misuse Coordinator, confirmed that the Clas... Read on Recovery: Evidence, Stigma and You - 03 Mar 2011, 11:07
 Thursday 24 March 2011, 10;00 - 15:30 Caledonian Thistle Football Stadium Kingsmill Suite, East Longman, Inverness, IV1 1FF Due to popular demand the Scottish Drugs Recovery Consortium has created a unique event in Inverness which combines national research with a local per... Read on Operation Taurus - 10 Feb 2011, 16:44
      Officers from Forres Local Policing Team, together with Roads Policing officers, carried out an Operation Taurus in the Forres area, on Tuesday 25 January 2011, Operation Taurus is a Moray Road Safety G... Read on Clubbers still using banned drug mephedrone - 08 Feb 2011, 13:01
A new survey suggests that clubbers are still taking the drug mephedrone, nearly a year after its UK ban. A poll for the dance music magazine Mixmag, seen by BBC Radio 5 Live, found one in four of those questioned had taken the drug in the last month. 33% said the ban has had no effect... Read on Alcohol more harmful than heroin says Prof David Nutt - 01 Nov 2010, 10:30
Alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack, according to a study published in medical journal the Lancet. The report is co-authored by Professor David Nutt, the former UK chief drugs adviser who was sacked by the government in October 2009. It ranks 20 drugs on 16 measures of harm to... Read on Scottish drug death drop revealed - 18 Aug 2010, 09:44
The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland fell last year but still remains high, according to new figures. There were 545 drug-related deaths in 2009 - 29 fewer than the previous year and the second highest on record. Heroin and morphine were linked to more than half of the total. ... Read on Plan to prescribe heroin questioned - 18 Aug 2010, 09:35
NHS grampian say expensive drug-addiction treatment would deliver no clinical benefits NHS Grampian has cast doubt over proposals to prescribe heroin after it emerged that treating just 5% of the regions users would cost an extra £8million per year. Dr Maria Rossi, a consultant i... Read on ChildLine calls prompted by parents drink and drugs - 18 Aug 2010, 09:25
More than 100 children a week are contacting the ChildLine helpline with worries about their parents drinking or drug use, according to the NSPCC. It said in the year to March, 5,700 children had called, but founder Esther Rantzen told the BBC there were likely to be many more too afraid to ... Read on World Cup Drink Driving Warning - 07 Jul 2010, 14:16
World cup revellers in Moray face a driving red card if they are caught over the limit during this summers tournament. That is the clear message from police as they announced a drink driving clampdown during the World Cup. The initiative - part of Operation Taurus - will... Read on Health committee split on alcohol pricing - 27 May 2010, 09:03
Holyroods health committee has urged the Scottish government to specify what minimum price it would set for alcohol. The committees report on the governments alcohol bill acknowledges the scale of the problem but MSPs are divided over whether the key measure of minimum pricing would be effec... Read on MADP Launches Substance Misuse Strategy - 27 Apr 2010, 14:26
The Moray Alcohol and Drug Partnership (MADP) successfully launched their Strategy entitled "Delivering Recovery through Sustainable Change" on Monday 26 April 2010.  The event was held at Horizon Scotland, in Forres with over 80 delegates in attendance including the sunshine. ... Read on Yegaar Banned for Labelling Confusion - 29 Mar 2010, 11:18
A drink that has consumers guessing whether it contains alcohol will be removed from sale for breaching the Portman Groups Code. The Independent Complaints Panel decided consumers could be confused because the front label on Yegaar does not specify that it contains alcohol.   The Panels... Read on Young Scots want Alcohol Ads Banned - 15 Mar 2010, 11:40
A group of young Scots selected by the Scottish government has recommended a ban on advertising alcohol in public. The Youth Commission on Alcohol, a group of 16 volunteers aged between 14 and 22, has spent a year preparing its 38 recommendations. Commission members supported plans... Read on Storm over women drug addicts paid £200 to be made infertile - 08 Mar 2010, 10:31
Spreading the message ... motorhome which visits areas with high drug use LOCKED in the grip of drug addiction, the only thing mum-of-nine Felicia LeMay cared about was getting her next hit of crystal meth. The victims of her deadly habit included her baby son, who was born hooked on t... Read on Ministerial Launch - 24 Feb 2010, 12:51
Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control the MADP had to take the hard decision of cancelling the Minsterial Launch Seminar and Exhibiton on the 22nd February. We are however, welcoming Fergus Ewing, Minister for Community Safety at our event to officially launch our Stra... Read on Drug law shake-up aims to curb legal highs - 22 Feb 2010, 10:02
A fundamental change in drugs law that would criminalise the act of selling or manufacturing recreational drugs rather than outlawing the substance itself has been proposed by the Scottish government, and is being studied by officials in Edinburgh and London, The Times can reveal. The propos... Read on MSPs set to reject law on alcohol pricing - 14 Dec 2009, 10:58
LANDMARK legislation that would have introduced minimum prices for alcohol will not become law, after Labour revealed it would not support the move. The decision will leave a gaping hole in the Alcohol Bill, which is being unveiled today by health secretary Nicola Sturgeon and is aimed at ta... Read on SWIA Follow Up Inspection - 26 Oct 2009, 09:44
The multi-agency inspection of substance misuse services in the NHS Grampian area was published in August of 2007.  The unit for inspection was the Drug Action Team areas. The report had 24 recommendations, some for individual action team areas, some across the three action teams in Gr... Read on MCA Annual Report - 19 Oct 2009, 13:56
    Moray Council on Addiction have issued their Annual Report for 1st April 2008 - 31st March 2009.  To view this please click on the link below. MCA Annual Report ... Read on MCA Annual General Meeting - 23 Sep 2009, 08:02
INVITATION MORAY COUNCIL ON ADDICTION A.G.M.   on Tuesday 29th Sept 2009 7.00 pm   Presentations Jim McCourt of AA & Robert Bruce of YPAC   Held At DIAGEO plc Moray House 1 Trinity Road ELGIN IV30 1UF   RSVP  ... Read on Expert in heroin prescribing call - 15 Sep 2009, 14:02
A drugs expert has called for a scheme where addicts are given heroin to be trialled in Scotland. A pilot project in England indicated that giving addicts heroin in supervised clinics reduced their use of street drugs and reduced crime. The Scottish Drugs Forum director said the move c... Read on Doctors want booze marketing ban - 10 Sep 2009, 13:11
There should be a ban on all alcohol advertising, including sports and music sponsorship, doctors say. The British Medical Association said the crackdown on marketing was needed, along with an end to cut-price deals, to stop rising rates of consumption. The industry spends £800m ... Read on New licensing law comes into force - 03 Sep 2009, 13:35
These new rights will mean people are able to have a greater say in and have more control over how alcohol affects the community they live in. "The Act also means that irresponsible promotions in pubs and clubs will be banned, alcohol will be displayed in a dedicated area of a supermark... Read on Drink Law Changes Come Into Effect - 01 Sep 2009, 12:37
A major shake-up of Scotlands licensing laws has come into effect. The Scottish Government has said that the Licensing (Scotland) Act will overhaul the way Scots think about alcohol. Changes include certain drinks promotions being banned, free tap water being made available at pubs and... Read on Job Vacancy with MCA - 28 Aug 2009, 08:20
 MCA Development Worker MCA is a charity that offers Counselling on Addiction issues.  We have recently secured 3 years funding to employ a dedicated Development Officer to support and extend our work throughout Moray. The post holder will develop creative & innovati... Read on The Truth About Happy Hour - 17 Aug 2009, 14:00
The Truth about Happy Hour was shown on the BBC News channel on the 16th August.  To view this half hour programme please click on the link below. May contain strong language The truth about happy hour Panorama visits the town tackling binge drinking with a radical new approach. ... Read on The City Addicted to Crystal Meth - Louis Theroux - 13 Aug 2009, 12:40
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth was shown on BBC 2 on the 9th August. Central Valley, California, is home to some of the most impoverished rural towns in America, where crystal meth addiction is prolific. In Fresno, Louis finds a community ravaged by this cheap and highly addictive dr... Read on Services Under Pressure as Funding Rules Change - 06 May 2008, 08:02
Services Under Pressure as Funding Rules Change. VOLUNTARY sector services for drug users in many parts of Scotland are under pressure as major changes to funding arrangements take effect and threaten to undermine efforts to bring about the Government's new focus on drugs "recovery".... Read on Government and the reclassification of Cannabis - 01 May 2008, 15:00
Drugs agency warns Government over reclassification of cannabis The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) will set itself on a collision course with the Government tomorrow when it seeks to persuade the Home Secretary that cannabis should remain at its current status as a class C d... Read on Work Hours Alcohol Ban for Staff! - 09 Jul 2007, 11:51
Staff face a work hours alcohol ban   Lunchtime drinking could be stopped under new plans to make Britain more healthy From The Sunday TimesJuly 8, 2007 Colin Brennan THE IDEA of banning all alcohol around the workplace is gathering force as the evidence against the demo... Read on An article on the current fabric of society - 09 Jul 2007, 11:47
  Can our broken society be fixed? By Iain Duncan Smith Last Updated: 12:01am BST 08/07/2007 For the last six years, I have visited many of Britain's most deprived and fractured communities and seen levels of breakdown that have appalled and angered me. In the fourth large... Read on North East Drugs Deaths - 02 Jul 2007, 17:00
Drug plague that knows no boundaries Leap in crack deaths in north-east of Scotland In an area where drugs are a fact of life, the discovery of two bodies in a squalid harbourside flat would probably have been regarded as little more than yet another tragic sign of the times. However, ... Read on