Our media watch service aims to offer an analysis of important drug related stories reported in the popular media. Its purpose is to examine the reliability of reporting to ensure that professionals and the public are better informed about the accuracy of reporting of drugs research.

Reactions to the re-classification of cannabis

Archive

Hospitals’ Huge Rise in Drug Problems

Contaminated Cannabis

Party pills

Target missed for cutting deaths from drug abuse

Drug Classification: Making a hash of it?

“Just one cigarette in childhood can lead to later addiction, says study”

Drug Use among young people in 2005

Amphetamines affect men more than women

Prevalence of heroin use in children

Cannabis and aggressive behaviour

Celebrities and drug use 01/06

This project is based upon the Hitting the Headlines service of the National electronic Library for Health, and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York