Applications open for new Scottish Government funding
1st June 2021 Applications have opened for four funds previously announced by Minister for Drugs Policy, Angela Constance.…
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Scottish Drugs Forum Launch Manifesto
22nd April 2021 Scottish Drugs Forum has today published Drugs: Policy and Aims – A Manifesto for Scotland.…
April 22, 2021
Parliament draws a line under Scotland’s drug strategy past as Minister clarifies national mission
22nd March 2020 Scotland’s Drug Policy Minister Angela Constance led a debate in The Parliament on 18 March…
March 22, 2021
New Minister For Drugs Policy reveals plans for Implementation Group
For the first time, Minister for Drugs Policy, Angela Constance, has publicly confirmed her plan to convene an…
March 15, 2021
Applications for funding opens for grassroots, community and residential organisations
15th February 2021 Applications are now being accepted for two new Scottish Government funds, worth £1 million each,…
February 15, 2021
What was said in the First Minister’s statement for a ‘national mission’ on drug-related deaths?
25th January 2021 In a Ministerial statement on drugs policy to the Scottish Parliament on the 20th of…
January 25, 2021
Scoping exercise determines number of residential rehabilitation beds in Scotland
A scoping exercise has been carried out by the Scottish Government to establish the number of residential rehabilitation…
December 22, 2020
SDF welcomes new Scottish Government post of Minister for Drug Policy
22nd December 2020 On Friday 18th December it was announced that there would be a new Scottish Minister…
December 22, 2020
Illicit drug trends across the UK analysed in 2019 review
A review into illicit drug trends across the UK in 2019 has been published by Public Health England.…
August 3, 2020
Lord Advocate gives reassurance that naloxone supply can expand
On Sunday at a media briefing in Edinburgh, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman announced that “the Lord Advocate has confirmed that – for the…
May 5, 2020