Drugs

79% of staff have seen drug use at work, flash poll reveals

12-Jan-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Nearly 80% of the 38 surveyed hospitality workers have seen evidence of drug use by colleagues, a recent snap survey conducted by The Morning Advertiser (MA) has revealed.

Inside an abandoned needle-infested ‘pub from hell’

02-Jan-2019 By Robert Mann

Hundreds of filthy needles lie strewn across the tables where drinkers used to sit and chat in a ‘once thriving’ pub.

Practise due diligence on drugs

05-Feb-2018 By Poppleston Allen

Customers taking or dealing drugs in your premises represent more of a threat to your business than just reputational or the potential for crime and disorder.

Alcohol and tobacco more dangerous than ecstasy, says study

05-Mar-2007

Government urged to consider reclassifying drugs according to the harm they do - and putting alcohol and tobacco above illegal drugs like ecstasy.

A nose

30-Sep-2004

for trouble Pubs that hire sniffer dogs demonstrate zero drugs tolerance. But are dogs bad for business? JOHN HARRINGTON investigates one such scheme...

New scheme to test pub-goers for drugs

20-Dec-2002

Licensees in Staffordshire will be forced to test customers for drugs or face losing their licence.Police in south Staffordshire will be piloting a...

Avon and Somerset pubs to take extra measures to prevent drug use

11-Oct-2002

Publicans in Avon and Somerset are using new handheld drug detectors to help prevent illegal drug use on their premises.Licensees will be working...

Police sniffer dogs to help stop customers bringing drugs into pubs

25-Sep-2002

Licensees in east Devon are allowing police sniffer dogs into their pubs in a bid to stop customers bringing drugs onto the premises. The dogs, which...