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Addicts 'not given a second chance'
Addicts ‘not given a second chance’

Two thirds of employers would refuse to give a job to a former heroin or crack cocaine addict, even if they were otherwise suitable for the job. The figures could not come at a worse time for the government, with last week’s welfare reform package containing several measures to get addicts back into employment. “This… Read more »

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Ecstasy has killed 500 people in the last 15 years
Govt experts to call for ecstacy downgrade

The government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) could announce it believes ecstacy should be downgraded today.. Last year the drug was ranked as less harmful than alcohol and tobacco according to a report in The Lancet published by the ACMD’s new chairman, Professor David Nutt. The ACMD is expected to say the… Read more »