Professor John Dillon who helped run the project that saw Hepatitis C eradiated from the Tayside region.

NHS Tayside has become the first region to eliminate hepatitis C after pioneering a new strategy of taking the treatment straight to the drug users who most often carried the virus.

Tayside becomes first area in the world to 'effectively eliminate' hepatitis C

Drugs cost the UK economy £20bn, but we spend just £600m on treatment, writes Allegra Stratton.

Could UK's new damning drug report bring about decriminalisation?

The figures are due to be published this July - expected to show another increase on last year’s record-high 1,187 people killed by drugs.

True scale of Scotland's drug deaths shame still unknown

Drug users face a high risk of accidental overdose if fentanyl is combined with street heroin.

Fentanyl deaths rising in the UK, report warns

The semi-submersible vessel was stopped on Saturday and found to be carrying three tonnes of the class A drug.

Submarine found off Spain contained cocaine worth hundreds of millions of pounds

We have followed West Midlands Police as they become the first UK police force to roll out a drugs overdose antidote.

Scheme sees police carrying - and administering - emergency antidote to heroin

The simple test detects whether a person has recently taken the street drug.

Scientists develop on-the-spot saliva test for drug Spice

The Health and Social Care Committee report said drug possession for personal use should be a civil matter not a crime.

Call for decriminalisation of drugs to curb rise in deaths

Chrissy will walk through the doors of the UK’s pioneering Heroin Assisted Treatment on Monday morning. 

Drug addict to become first person in UK to receive publicly-funded heroin

ITV News has spoken to one of the participants in the pilot who tells of how determined he is to get off heroin through this new scheme.

Clinic where heroin addicts can self-administer drugs to open

Drugs are in plentiful supply, but help is getting harder to access. 

The harsh reality drug addicts face with no access to help

The term refers to the mobile phone lines dedicated to taking orders from drug users.

More than 1,000 children linked to 'county lines' drug gang exploitation

Almost 12 million adults in England were prescribed potentially addictive drugs such as sleeping pills and painkillers last year.

One in four adults prescribed potentially addictive drugs

As the government released figures on drugs death in England and Wales, ITV News has spoken to former addicts on how they have recovered.

'I've been dead twice... Ten minutes later I wanted more heroin'

Drug-related deaths in England and Wales are the highest they have been since records began more than 25 years ago, official figures show.