Plans for expert group to find answers to Scotland’s rising drug deaths
The Scottish Government are to assemble an experrt group to confront the rising number of drug deaths in…
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Police Scotland figures show increase in heroin, ecstasy and cannabis seizures over 2017/18
Official Statistics on drug seizures made by Police Scotland for 2017/18 have been published. The ‘Drug Seizures and…
March 20, 2019
Social Responsibility Levy proposed to raise funds for drug and alcohol treatment
Scottish Labour have announced plans for a Social Responsibility Levy to tackle problems related to alcohol and drug use,…
March 19, 2019
Waverley Care launches new online resource for improving the health and wellbeing of men who have sex with men in Scotland
A new website that focuses on helping gay, bisexual and all men who have sex with men across…
March 19, 2019
Between 55,800 and 58,900 people estimated to have a drug problem in Scotland
A report estimating the prevalence of problem opioid and benzodiazepine use in Scotland has been published. The study,…
March 7, 2019
New HIV diagnoses across the UK fell by 17 per cent in 2017
Newly published data shows that Scotland has bucked a UK trend of falling numbers of HIV cases. While…
September 17, 2018