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…
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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…
National Records of Scotland confirm almost no change in rate of drug-related deaths
28 July 2022 National Records of Scotland confirm almost no change in rate of drug-related deaths New statistics…
How to Save a Life – campaign toolkit
21st September 2021 Scottish Drugs Forum has now launched the How to Save a Life campaign toolkit. The…
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…
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%…
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…
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. …