Government consultation opens to collect views on the expansion of naloxone provision
4th August 2021 An online government consultation has opened to collect views on expanding the use of naloxone.…
Lisa Maclean
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Recognising Overdose – together we can #StopTheDeaths
3rd August 2021 #StopTheDeaths encourages all members of the public – including people who use drugs, their families and communities as well as services, policymakers and…
August 3, 2021
David Liddell: Treatment focus on heroin misses wider issues. Deaths involving cocaine and other drugs rise again.
2nd August 2021 Almost all Scotland’s drug deaths involve the use of more than one substance and 89%…
August 2, 2021
David Liddell: Benzodiazepines – we need to disrupt the criminal market and deliver on The National Mission to reduce drugs deaths
2nd August 2021 The latest drug death figures show a continued upward trend in benzodiazepines being implicated in…
August 2, 2021
David Liddell: Change is needed to deliver a national mission as Scotland’s public health emergency continues
30th July 2021 These figures confirm that Scotland’s national public health emergency continues. These deaths are personal tragedies. …
July 30, 2021
New training course on viral hepatitis launches
21/07/2021 A new half-day training course on viral hepatitis, available to frontline staff working in services in Scotland,…
July 21, 2021
Report recommends that UK Government abandon strategy pursued for the last decade
21/07/2021 The UK Home Office has published Part Two of Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs. The…
July 21, 2021
Staying hydrated when using substances
We are not always used to sunshine in Scotland and therefore people can forget the risks of dehydration…
July 14, 2021
Scottish Government outline £50m investment
24/6/2021 The Scottish Government have given initial outlines of the allocation of the announced £50 million investment:…
June 24, 2021
Scottish Drugs Forum launches survey on staff learning needs on sexual and reproductive health and blood borne viruses
4/6/21 The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Blood Borne Virus team at SDF are surveying staff working with…
June 4, 2021