Mustafa Hameed

Last year, we approached the Rochdale Council of Mosques with an idea. Could Rochdale’s mosques come together on the National Day of Action Against Addiction to deliver a coordinated Friday sermon on addiction — supported by local recovery organisations on site? Tomorrow, on the first Friday of Ramadan, that shared vision becomes reality. In collaboration with the Rochdale Council of Mosques, seven mosques across the borough will deliver a unified khutbah addressing addiction. Recovery...

Nitrous oxide — often referred to as “laughing gas” — is still widely perceived as a low-risk party drug. But in 2026, health professionals and public-health researchers are warning that this assumption is dangerously wrong.

Cannabis gets talked about like it’s “not a big deal” — something softer than alcohol, a bit like a herbal relaxant. In everyday conversation you might hear things like “it helps me chill” or “everyone’s doing it.” And because enforcement in the UK sometimes feels inconsistent, a lot of people assume it’s sort of legal or socially acceptable.