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Teenagers Dying for a Drink

On the evening of Monday July 6 Paddy Higgins, of Surrey, was enjoying a night out with friends at a restaurant in Newquay, the party capital of the South West. He was celebrating finishing his exams and was no doubt looking forward to a relaxing summer holiday. Just a few hours later, he lay dead at the foot of clifftops on the town’s Tolcarne beach. 

Paddy was only 16 years old and the exams… Continue reading

Drug Rehab – Drug Rehab Definitely Indicated for Alcohol-Energy Drink Combos

If you were worried about your child eating sugar when they were young, which can be what you expect when they go to college is nothing in comparison – but we are not talking about sugar, we are talking about alcohol and the relatively new high – energy – drink. Combine into a trend in schools and colleges across the country and can be fatal. Is your child drink alcohol and consume energy drinks, is… Continue reading

Russian Youth Struggle With Drink and Drug Abuse – 27 Feb 08


It’s estimated around one hundred and twenty thousand Russians die each year from drug and alcohol abuse. Now Dmitry Medvedev – Vladimir Putin’s likely successor – has promised to tackle the problem if he’s elected president on March 2nd. But under Putin, Russia’s substance abuse victims have been largely ignored by an administration more keen on promoting its social achievements. In the third of our series on the State of Russia, Jonah Hull reports from… Continue reading