The Big Lottery Fund Scotland have launched a new fund aimed at making a fundamental shift towards early action in
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Big Lottery Fund Scotland opens new collaborative funding opportunity
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21 Jun
Potential savings highlighted as Glasgow site identified for Safer Drug Consumption Facility
Glasgow’s Integrated Joint Board (IB) met today (21st June) to further discuss proposals to introduce a Safer Drug Consumption Facility
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Vulnerable groups in Europe experiencing high levels of harm through use of New Psychoactive Substances
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has published a new rapid communication report on high-risk drug
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European Drug Report 2017 gives insight into current trends across Europe
Rising overdose deaths, the continued availability of new psychoactive substances and the growing health threat of highly potent synthetic opioids
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No expansion of needle and syringe programmes despite effectiveness
Despite reports of expanding rates of injecting drug use in a new list of countries around the world, no new
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Conducting research among hidden populations with Dr Miriam Boeri
A lunchtime seminar to be held in Edinburgh will discuss community-based research with a wide-range of drug using populations. Ethnography
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Celebrations at East of Scotland AWTP completion ceremony in Edinburgh
Ten graduates from the Scottish Drugs Forum’s award-winning Addiction Worker Training Project (AWTP) celebrated their achievements at a completion ceremony
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Global Drug Survey 2017 results provide insight into Scottish drug trends
Yesterday (24th of May) saw the release of the 2017 results of the Global Drugs Survey conducted in partnership with
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Ensuring everyone who can vote is registered
Scottish Drugs Forum are encouraging everyone who is eligible, to register to vote for the upcoming election on June the
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Call for written evidence on homelessness in Scotland
The Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee has launched a call for written evidence on homelessness. The Committee has
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