In the UK, schools must include teaching about drugs, alcohol and tobacco as part of the health and mental wellbeing curriculum. But how effective is this at preventing drug misuse, and how do we know the best approach for structuring these lessons? A recent study in the US surveyed 500 young people to establish where […]
There has been a recent surge of interest in Bed Bugs due to the recent outbreak in France, but these pests have been an issue for many years. A recent article by BBC News (1) highlighted that “Bedbugs have been an issue in the UK for many years and were a public health pest that is notoriously […]
There are a vast array of detector dog training aids on the market covering the odours of mainstream drugs, explosives and some biological threats such as Bed Bugs and Termites. But what happens when a new threat emerges? It’s historically been hard to respond to these threats quickly due to the time, resources and money […]
In the UK, schools must include teaching about drugs, alcohol and tobacco as part of the health and mental wellbeing curriculum. But how effective is this at preventing drug misuse, and how do we know the best approach for structuring these lessons? A recent study in the US surveyed 500 young people to establish where […]
Detector dogs have been used for centuries to detect drugs, explosives and bodies. More recently their superior scent detection capabilities have been used in a wide range of fields from bed bug detection in hotels, to SIM cards and hard drives and even to detect cancer 1. A recent preliminary study carried out by a […]
