Addicted Bristol: Life and Death
After overcoming a drink problem and addiction to painkillers, this man is fighting to access services that will keep him in recovery.
Specialist doctors – but not GPs – will be able to give out cannabis on prescription from November.
The story of a young woman whose downward spiral into crack addiction and a controlling relationship all took place under one roof.
Bristol City Council is considering backing drug consumption rooms, which could stop users dying.
After overcoming his own addiction, writer Will Self is back in rehab, this time to help keep it open.
Chandos House is threatened by closure. Former residents there speak out about how treatment got them clean.
Features
The latest part of Theresa May's hostile environment policy - but NHS staff are fighting back.
Bristol’s restructured drug and alcohol services are going “disastrously badly” in places, workers in the sector have told the Cable, fuelling concerns that drug users are being put at risk.
City
Stressed out staff say they need need system change and leadership support, not resilience training.
Voices
The Cable speaks to John McGuirk, team leader and therapist at Off the Record, a mental health charity supporting 11-25 year olds.
Reports
Sufferers of ME/CFS are taking to Queen Square this weekend. The Cable spoke to an organiser about why the government needs to take action on...
The UK’s first ever clinical study using MDMA has started in Bristol, in a landmark moment for the use of psychedelic drugs in psychotherapy.
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