Drug Addiction
Dr Chetna Kang and Toby Friedner focus on disability and mental health.
Drug abuse and addiction costs the UK economy billions and, more importantly, can cost lives.
This week we're discussing drug addiction and meeting people who have experience of abusing a varietry of drugs.
We'll discuss legal highs, which are are openly available in most towns and cities, even though the consequences of taking them can be fatal.
We'll also meet a mum from Hertfordshire who was addicted to heroin and has now turned her life around.
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Useful contacts
Legal High Survey UK - 听- confidential and anonymous online survey about legal highs.
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- Campaign site about the dangers of legal highs.
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听- The aim of the Angelus Foundation is to educate, encourage and assist individuals to be more knowledgeable about the risks to their health and wellbeing of using 鈥榣egal highs鈥� and other new psychoactive substances.
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HPFT drug and alcohol services - drug and alcohol services for asdolescents in Herts - 01992 531917 - 听
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BDAT - Bedfordshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team - 0300 300 4149听
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Hertfordshire Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service
Operate across 9 hubs in Herts offering drop in services.
Out-of-hours hotline: 0800 652 3169
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听Young Addaction Buckinghamshire - 01296 331933
Aylesbury based. Aims to help reduce substance misuse for young people under the age of 18. 听
Buckinghamshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team
This site was designed primarily to provide an easy-to-access source of information on drug and alcohol services in the Buckinghamshire area.听The Buckinghamshire听24/7 Helpline can be contacted by calling 0800 032 0666.
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Broadcast
- Sun 25 May 2014 12:00大象传媒 Three Counties Radio