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A major funding boost is needed to help “invisible” residents affected by substance abuse, a charity leader said yesterday. Leslie Grant, the executive director of Focus Counselling Services, added that it was important to remove the stigma that pre...

Growing up with a destructively alcoholic parent is fodder for humour as well as shock in Kirkland Hamill’s Bermudian-American memoir. But Mr Hamill’s deeper message, to be shared on Wednesday in a live webinar about his just-published book, is: you’...

Colleges that have banned hard alcohol say the step has helped to combat some of the most pernicious effects of campus drinking. They report less consumption, fewer alcohol-induced medical transports, hospitalisations and arrests, as well as a decrea...

Lisa Brewster will be this year’s recipient of the Duperreault Fellowship, an endowment fund that supports the professional development of Bermuda residents working or studying in the field of substance abuse. Her award will fund her studies for a ma...

An initiative to keep Bermuda’s young students safer is off to a flying start, with the hoisting of a “Speak Up, Be Safe” banner to launch the campaign at Victor Scott Primary School. Ultimately, the programme from the Coalition for the Protection of...

Alcohol is the “drug of choice” for Bermuda’s student population, a charity figurehead has warned ahead of an initiative to curb underage drinking. More than half of the island’s under-18s admit to having tried alcohol (52.6 per cent), according to ...

Patrick Bean may have just months to live. After decades of drug abuse, spells in Westgate’s maximum security wing and increasing isolation from his family, the prospect of succumbing to the bone marrow cancer that was diagnosed less than three weeks...

There is a great deal of pride in many young people in Bermuda who strive to make positive contributions in a number of fields both here and abroad, and that must be encouraged throughout the island, as the struggle continues to not only climb out of...

For dozens of people over the past two years, Bermuda’s Mental Health Court has been the launching pad in their mission to turn their lives around. Simon Jones was invited to a session to see the groundbreaking facility in action.Applause. It is perh...

The groundbreaking Mental Health Court is saving lives and giving participants fresh hope for the future. This according to the men and women who have taken part in the treatment programme as well as the team of lawyers, probation officers, court ser...

Road fatalities in Bermuda fell to an 11-year low in 2015, as seven people died while travelling on the Island. Although public figures praised the Bermuda Police Service for reducing casualties — down from 15 in 2014 — they also called for increase...

It’s not easy going back to school at 39. But drug addiction counsellor Isis Wellman is determined to do so to combat what she sees as Bermuda’s growing tide of drug addiction. Mrs Wellman works for the Turning Point Substance Abuse Programme. She re...