Resources
#StopTheDeaths
Alert
Bacterial Infections
Let's Give Bacteria the Boot - Booklet for People who Use Drugs
Anthrax and Heroin Users - What Workers Need to Know
G.A.S Brief Intervention.2025.DIGITAL
G.A.S Postcard.2025.DIGITAL
G.A.S Poster.2025.DIGITAL
GAS.What Workers need to know.2025
Botulism Postcard 2025
Botulism Poster 2025
Botulism What Workers Need to Know 2025
Anthrax Postcard 2025.DIGITAL
Anthrax Poster.2025
Anthrax What Workers Need to Know 2025
Briefing
Conference Presentations
Redefining Drug Treatment for Mothers who use drugs, Anna Millington - Harm Reduction Mother 2 Mother
Trends in drug use and harms from the Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI) - Dr Norah Palmateer - Public Health Scotland & GCU
My Family, My Rights – Knowledge is Empowering, Kerry Storey & Marianna Marquardt - Scottish Families Affected By Alcohol and Drugs.
Warm Handover from Hospital to Discharge, Linda Smith and Lisa Turnbull - Harm Reduction Team, NHS Lothian
STRIVE - Co-located joint NHS third sector provision of early interventions for young people, Erin Lees & Katie Anderson - The Corner and Hillcrest Futures (Dundee).
North Lanarkshire Crisis Outreach - A unique commissioned partnership service, Melissa Reid, Service Manager - Turning Point Scotland
Increasing client engagement with therapy using a new call system, Susan Innes & Ro Bell - DAPL (Fife)
Harm Reduction Support in a Community Hub, Graeme Callander - WithYou, Dundee
Findings from Audit Scotland Report, Ray Buist & Jillian Matthew - Audit Scotland
Families Campaign for Change A Learning Journey, Stephanie Morrison, Sandra Holmes & Susan Grant - Families Campaign For Change
Aberlour Mother and Child Recovery Houses, A look at the biopsychological model of recovery, Karen Campbell & Natalie Douglas - Aberlour
SDF Stop The Deaths Keynote Address, Alison Byrne - Deputy Director for Drugs Policy, Scottish Government
What is drug checking telling us? Jason Wallace - Living Experience Engagement Senior Officer, SDF
Recent drug-related deaths in Scotland, Dr Julie McAdam - Forensic Pathologist, University of Glasgow
Introducing a Safer Drugs Consumption Facility for Glasgow, Dr Saket Priyadarsh - Associate Medical Director, GGC Alcohol & Drugs Service
Harm Reduction - Saving Lives During Crises, Shelia Vakharia - Deputy Director of Research and Academic Engagement, Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
Experiences of MAT, Learning & Considerations for Practice, Samantha Stewart - Senior Officer, Research and Peer Engagement Team, SDF
Gabapentinoids: what happened in Northern Ireland: lessons for Scotland.Chris Rintoul - Head of Harm Reduction, Cranstoun
Trends in drug use: gabapentinoids Vicki Craik - Public Health Intelligence Adviser, Public Health Scotland
Trends in Treatment: Providing MAT for people with benzodiazepines dependency Trina Ritchie - Lead Clinician, GGC Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services
Hydromorphone - injectable opiate substitute treatment Anna McVinish – St Vincents Hospital Drug and Alcohol Service, Australia
Trends in harms as an indicator of drug trends: what can be done? Lynn Couper - Senior Learning & Development Officer, Emergency Responses, SDF
What we are seeing in post mortem toxicology: issues in detecting new substances Hazel Torrance - Head of Forensic Toxicology, Scottish Police Authority
Drug Early Warning System & Injecting Equipment Supply Kieran Whitford, Kira Watson, Suzie Gallagher - Drug Harm Reduction Team, Scottish Ambulance Service
Decriminalisation
Drug Deaths
Staying Alive in Scotland - Strategies to Combat Drug-Related Deaths - Full Report
Naloxone Resource - Drug-Related Deaths - What You Should Know - Preventing overdose and other drug-related deaths - anthrax, hepatitis B and C and other blood-borne viruses (booklet)
Naloxone Resource - Naloxone can be a Lifesaver - How to Deal with an Overdose Emergency
Drug Related Deaths
Glasgow
Group A & STAPH
Harm Reduction
National Wound Care Guide
HIV: What Workers Need To Know
Injecting Equipment Provision in Scotland - Good Practice Guidance
Let's Give Bacteria the Boot - Booklet for People who Use Drugs
HIV in Glasgow - Responding to an Outbreak - SDF Bulletin for World AIDS Day 2018
The Control of Drugs - Issues in Harm Reduction Series
Safer Injecting Basics for New Pyschoactive Substances
Report on Scotland’s First Harm Reduction Café held in Glasgow
Ministerial Seminar on New Psychoactive Substances - SDF Presentation on Health Impacts of NPS
Anthrax and Heroin Users - What Workers Need to Know
SDF Festive Harm Reduction Advice
Hepatitis
HIV
Injecting Equipment
Living Experience
MAT
Mat Service Standards - Leaflet For People In Treatment
Medication Assisted Treatment Service Evaluation of Peoples Experience of Accessing MAT in 6 Health Board Areas Across Scotland
MAT - Evaluation of Current Practice - SDF Aug 2024
MAT - Evaluation of Current Practice - SDF Aug 2024.Executive Summary
MAT Introduction for ADP Stakeholders
MAT Introduction for front line staff
MAT Standards Explained
Naloxone
Peer Naloxone Supply Project Report - Executive Summary
Peer Naloxone Supply Project Report
Check Your Kit (White Version)
Check Your Kit (Black Version)
Providing Emergency Help to someone having an overdose: Your Experiences
My first 48 hours out - My First 48 Hours Out - Guidelines for naloxone provision upon release from prison and other custodial settings
Naloxone Resource - Drug-Related Deaths - What You Should Know - Preventing overdose and other drug-related deaths - anthrax, hepatitis B and C and other blood-borne viruses (booklet)
Naloxone Resource - Naloxone can be a Lifesaver - How to Deal with an Overdose Emergency
Naloxone Resource - Business Cards for local services that offer naloxone training & supply in their area
Naloxone Resource - I made the call that saved my life
Naloxone Resource - I Saved My Best Friends Life
Naloxone Resource - I Saved My Son's Life
Naloxone Resource - Naloxone Saved My Life
New Psychoactive Substances
Older People Who Use Drugs
Senior Drug Dependants and Care Structures - Recommendations at the EU level for services and responses
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures Scotland - Guidelines for Service Response
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures- Scotland -Qualitative Report
Legal and Financial Framework for the Care of Senior Drug Dependents in Scotland
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures - Scotland and Glasgow Report
Older Drug Users in Scotland - professionals' views
Senior Drug Dependents & Care Structures - Scotland and Glasgow Report
Drugs & Poverty Literature Review - 2007 - written by SDF in association with the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams
Oral Health
Overdose
Policy
Staying Alive in Scotland - Strategies to Combat Drug-Related Deaths - Full Report
Drugs & Poverty Literature Review - 2007 - written by SDF in association with the Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams
Senior Drug Dependents & Care Structures - Scotland and Glasgow Report
Older Drug Users in Scotland - professionals' views
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures - Scotland and Glasgow Report
Legal and Financial Framework for the Care of Senior Drug Dependents in Scotland
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures- Scotland -Qualitative Report
Senior Drug Dependents and Care Structures Scotland - Guidelines for Service Response
Senior Drug Dependants and Care Structures - Recommendations at the EU level for services and responses
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Full Report
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Executive Summary
SDF Briefing for MSPs - Scottish Parliament Debate on The Scottish Government response to The Independent Expert Review of Opioid Replacement Therapies
Report on Scotland’s First Harm Reduction Café held in Glasgow
SDF Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol 2023
Understanding the Patterns of Use, Motives and Harms of New Psychoactive Substances in Scotland
Older People with Drug Problems in Scotland Addressing the Needs of an Ageing Population
Older People with Drug Problems in Scotland A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Health and Social Support Needs
The Control of Drugs - Issues in Harm Reduction Series
A Drugs Strategy for Scotland - SDF response to the Scottish Government proposal to refresh Scotland's existing strategy
SDF submission to the Scottish Affairs Committee inquiry on 'The Use and Misuse of Drugs in Scotland'
Staying Alive in Scotland
Moving Beyond People-First Language A glossary of contested terms in substance use
Drug-related deaths in Scotland -MSP Briefing
Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
Executive Summary - Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
Research
Executive Summary - Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
Working to Decriminalise People Who Use Drugs: Learning from Decriminalisation Efforts in 5 International Jurisdictions
Providing Emergency Help to someone having an overdose: Your Experiences
Medication Assisted Treatment Service Evaluation of Peoples Experience of Accessing MAT in 6 Health Board Areas Across Scotland
Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses - Learning Needs Report
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Executive Summary
Trauma and recovery amongst people who have injected drugs within the past five years- Full Report
Sexual Health
Staff Development
Training
Trauma
Trends
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