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…
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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…
January 27, 2020
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…
January 24, 2020
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…
January 14, 2020
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…
January 14, 2020
Glasgow’s new Enhanced Drug Treatment Service opens doors and begins prescribing
A new Enhanced Drug Treatment Service, which includes heroin-assisted treatment, has opened in Glasgow City Centre. The service,…
December 19, 2019
Glasgow Caledonian University to lead evaluation study on new Enhanced Drug Treatment Service
Researchers from Glasgow Caledonian University are to spend 30 months leading a study to evaluate the city’s newly…
December 18, 2019
People in Scotland needed for world’s biggest annual drug survey
The world’s biggest annual online survey on recreational substance use has launched and is looking for people to…
November 28, 2019
Simple test for detecting synthetic cannabinoid use developed
A simple saliva test to detect if someone has recently taken a synthetic cannabinoid, otherwise known as ‘spice’,…
October 31, 2019
Drug summit in Glasgow announced by UK government
The UK government has announced a summit focused on reducing the impact of problem drug use that will…
October 24, 2019