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Half of doctors ‘self-medicate’!

Nearly half of GPs are ignoring rules saying they should not prescribe themselves drugs, a poll suggests. According to Pulse magazine, 43% of doctors write prescriptions for their own personal u ....read more

Revealed: Britain’s 12-year-old alcoholics

Children as young as 12 are being diagnosed as alcoholics amid growing concerns about binge-drinking in Britain, an investigation by The Independent on Sunday revealed. Record numbers of pre-teens an ....read more

Big rise in number of young people killed by heavy drinking

The alcopops generation are drinking themselves to death, latest figures show. Drink-related deaths among 15 to 34-year-olds have increased by almost 60 per cent since 1991. The Office for National Stat ....read more

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR for 2007. We hope your year will be full of peace, stillness and joy. Lots of love The New Choices Team :o) ....read more

A nation addicted: Cocaine – Britain’s deadly habit

A major new report shows that 1.75 million young adults use a drug that most think is harmless. But 171 people have died from its use last year, an increase of 300 per cent in five years. "I was sno ....read more

The New Choices Forum

We are sorry to say that due to the continued and ever more frequent spamming we have been receiving on the forum of late, it has been decided that it has to close. Day in day out we were being bombarded by hundreds and ....read more

The terrible toll cocaine has taken on Tara’s face

Years of cocaine abuse appears to have finally caught up with Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, after shocking photographs revealed her once perfect nose to be on the brink of collapse. Appearing at the Grazia ....read more

Make mine a large one!

The trend towards drinking from huge wine glasses at home is turning some people into "unwitting" alcoholics, an addiction expert has warned. Extra large wine measures that are poured in pubs are also adding to the growing level ....read more

Just one more

What's claimed to be the first in-patient clinic for computer game addicts in Europe is to open next month, while the Priory clinic is warning about super-sized wine glasses. Are we addicted to more than we like to admit? ....read more

Pupils’ use of cocaine doubles

One in five secondary pupils takes illegal drugs and the use of cocaine among schoolchildren has doubled in a year, one of the biggest Government surveys of its kind said yesterday. It found ....read more

London is world’s cocaine capital

Tumbling prices and the lack of stigma attached to cocaine have led to a soaring rise in use at every level of society Cocaine is now replacing ecstasy as the drug of choice on the club scene with recor ....read more

Britons top killer drink league

BRITONS are drinking themselves to death faster than any other western Europeans. Cirrhosis deaths for men in England and Wales have more than quadrupled since the 50s when the country had the lowest rates i ....read more

Take up meditation - go on, even Sienna does it!

British actress Sienna Miller credits her yoga practice with helping her through the most stressful year of her life. The Alfie star has battled constant media scrutiny since her former fiance Jude Law admitted ....read more

Be `present’ this holiday season

This is an article written by Fay Reiter in the Tintern Times, New Jersey, this week, it's a nice piece about how to find some stillness and calm during the festive season. Be 'present' this holiday season ....read more

UK is Europes biggest ‘user’

More people could be dying from cocaine abuse than previously thought, the European drugs agency warned. Cocaine is now becoming the stimulant drug of choice for Britain's youth as the drug approaches US popularity levels ....read more

Cocaine traces detected in River Thames

So much cocaine is being used in London that traces of the white powdered narcotic can be detected in the River Thames. Scientific research commissioned by the Sunday Telegraph, estimated ....read more

Child of 10 is youngest ever treated for alcohol addiction

A CHILD of 10 is believed to be the youngest person in Britain to be treated for alcohol addiction. Last night experts said the case was the inevitable result of a cynical drinks industry targeting youngsters ....read more

Health timebomb as rising cocaine use threatens heart problems in young

A surge in cocaine use is pushing Britain towards a 'healthcare disaster' that will see a dramatic rise in heart attacks, strokes and neurological problems among young people, says a leading specialist. The warning follo ....read more

Crack cocaine is a substantial problem for London

London has a substantial problem with crack cocaine, researchers said on Monday, publishing a study which claimed one in every 100 Londoners aged between 15 and 44 could be using the drug. Researchers from Im ....read more

Cocaine traces at EU parliament

Cocaine traces have been found at the European Parliament in an inquiry by one of Germany's main broadcasters. The Sat-1 channel sent reporters to take 46 swabs from toilets and other public areas of the Bru ....read more

 

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