DrugScope, the UK's leading membership charity for the drug and alcohol field, today launches a report on behalf of the Recovery Partnership - It's about time: tackling substance misuse in older people - revealing the extent to which problems among older people remain hidden. Drawing on the results of recent studies and government figures, together with DrugScope's own consultations with academics and health professionals and site visits to specialist services, the report highlights some disturbing trends: It has been estimated that 1.

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