Drugs
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Deputy Mayor wants pilot for safe consumption room in new drug strategy
More consultation is needed and city needs to work out how to fund it, but Asher Craig says it could be one way to reduce drug deaths, as a mock safe consumption room was on display last week.
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Breaking the chain of alcoholism
Josh couldn’t get out of a vicious circle of addiction and destruction until he found an organisation that tackles the long-term effects of having alcoholic parents.
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Study drugs: how some are dealing with pressure at university
It appears study drugs aren't uncommon at Bristol University, so what does this say about the stresses of life on campus?
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Episode 4: Tattoo parlours, nightclubs and firebombs – how businesses were blackmailed
In the last episode of the Cornerman, the Cable lifts the lid on protection rackets from London to Bristol, revealing how local businesses were forced to pay gangsters for security.
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Revealed: Council shelves study into safe consumption rooms after restructure
The Labour Party has backed the policy at national level, but progress appears to have stalled in Bristol.
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This is why you should vote to make drugs safer
Reduce drug deaths, get needles off our streets and save money for emergency services. Vote now for a safe consumption room.
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Episode 3: A disappearance, two murders and a hole in the ground
Two murders and a disappearance: How the Cornerman slipped through the net.
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I was addicted to benzos. This is my story.
The blissful escape of prescription drugs benzodiazepines helped me cope with depression and anxiety, but my life ended up falling apart around me.
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A safe fix for Bristol’s drug users and the city
Saving lives and clearing needles off the streets: Bristol has the power to become the first UK city to set up a safe consumption room.
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Episode 2: Bangers and mash, football and boxing
The gangster jailed for drugs and blackmail who courted footballers, boxers and MMA fighters.
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Addicted Bristol: Life And Death Features
An accident left him in constant pain. But medical cannabis is still out of reach.
While the legal barrier has been overcome, experts say it will take years before we have medical buy-in and affordable products.
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Episode 1: Unmasking The Cornerman
This Bristol Cable investigation exposes one of Britain’s most elusive organised crime bosses after two decades in the shadows.
