Blog
Our Chief Executive Debbie Bannigan takes to the web to give her thoughts, comment and opinion on anything relating to substance misuse including developments in the field, sharing what we know and discussing stories in the press.
You can see the latest from Debbie’s blog, below.
Check out Tesco’s ‘Cheers to beer’
Being the Chief Executive of a substance misuse charity, I like to check out the health messages that are out there around alcohol and drugs. Regular readers of my blog will know my thoughts about the huge amount of mixed messages out there around alcohol.
The legalising drugs debate
Last week, BBC Three’s Free Speech programme asked the question ‘Should the Government consider legalising drugs?’
Alcohol is not a vegetable
The Science and Technology Select Committee has noticed that the messages about safe daily limits for consumption of alcohol may have the unintended consequence of encouraging daily drinking.