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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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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