SDF CEO Kirsten Horsburgh reflects on International Overdose Awareness Day
This International Overdose Awareness Day I’m finally getting a chance to sit and reflect on the last couple…
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SDF commentary on The Right to Addiction Recovery Bill published
SDF has published its commentary on the draft Right To Addiction Recovery Bill published by the Scottish Parliament…
Scotland’s Public Health Emergency Continues
12th March 2024 Suspected drug deaths in Scotland rose 9.6% last year. Figures provided to the Scottish Government…
SDF Statement on Scotland’s Public Health Emergency
Scotland has made an inadequate response to the on-going public health emergency and now faces the emerging threat…
NGO coalition responds to Scottish Government Report
Statement of Support for the Scottish Government Report A Caring, Compassionate and Human Rights Informed Drug Policy for…
Right to Recovery: Joint Statement Response
13th January 2022 Organisations release joint statement in opposition to proposed bill SDF and six other organisations…
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…
Hepatitis C treatment is now so easy – Why has it been so difficult for so many people to access and complete treatment?
World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is held every year on the 28th of July. It is a day to…
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…
SDF support open letter raising concerns about contingincies over treatment for vulnerable women
This open letter was originally published in The Herald newspaper on the 4th of July 2019. Dundee City…