The number of people experiencing homelessness who died in Scotland rose by 19% in 2018 in relation the previous year,
Read More06 Feb
Scottish homelessness deaths increase to more than double rate of England or Wales
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05 Feb
Increasing access to life-changing opportunities with SDF’s Colin Pomeroy
Scottish Drugs Forum’s award-winning Addiction Worker Training Project (AWTP) has been running since 2004. In that time, the unique initiative
Read More03 Feb
University of Stirling to lead £2.2m study on the care of parents who use drugs
An innovative study is to investigate the provision of treatment for parents who use drugs in the UK – in
Read More03 Feb
Latest Drugs Uncut episode highlights need to include people who use drugs in the decision-making process
The latest episode of ‘Drugs Uncut’ – the Scottish Drugs Forum podcast – has been published and is available to
Read More29 Jan
Access to take-home naloxone increased through paramedic supply
Ambulance paramedics are to supply to patients at risk of an opiate overdose take-home naloxone as part of a pilot
Read More28 Jan
Concerns raised again about Dundee project’s conditional support to women
Concerns have been reiterated about a project which provides support to women who have had two or more children taken
Read More27 Jan
New HIV transmissions continue to fall across the UK
Public Health England (PHE) has published a new report which states that HIV transmission has continued to fall across the UK.
Read More24 Jan
UK Government announces date of drugs summit in Glasgow
The UK Government has announced that the much anticipated UK summit on issues relating to drug use will be held
Read More14 Jan
People prescribed opioids for pain sought for research on overdose prevention
Researchers from the University of Stirling and NHS Fife are conducting a study to better understand what can be done
Read More14 Jan
ACMD report on fentanyls highlights the need to review, prepare and be vigilant
The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) have published a comprehensive report on the synthetic opioid fentanyl and
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