SDF statement on proposals by community activists to establish a supervised drug consumption facility
Services that offer witnessed drug consumption to people who inject drugs help protect people from the risks of…
Lisa Maclean
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Police Scotland announce trial of intranasal naloxone
Police Scotland has announced that they are developing proposals for a trial which would see officers carrying intranasal…
February 17, 2020
Glasgow drugs conference announced by Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has announced that a drugs conference will be held in Glasgow the day before the…
February 12, 2020
Additional £12.7 million funding in Scottish Budget to address harm associated with drug or alcohol use
The Scottish Government has announced £12.7 million in additional funding to address the harm associated with drug or…
February 7, 2020
Scottish homelessness deaths increase to more than double rate of England or Wales
The number of people experiencing homelessness who died in Scotland rose by 19% in 2018 in relation the…
February 6, 2020
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…
February 5, 2020
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…
February 3, 2020
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…
February 3, 2020
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…
January 29, 2020
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…
January 28, 2020