The National Crime Agency (NCA) have issued a warning over a synthetic opioid recently detected in heroin supplies in the
Read More28 Apr
Fentanyl warning for North East England
Month: April 2017
27 Apr
Calls to work together on increasing use of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs by young people
In 2016, Fast Forward, an organisation that works with and supports young people, surveyed Scottish young people on their experience
Read More18 Apr
Patterns of illicit drug use in each UK country analysed in annual report
An overview of illicit drug use across the whole of the UK in 2016 has been published by the UK
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National Naloxone Programme succeeds in making an impact within Scottish Prisons
Scotland’s National Naloxone Programme’s work within the prison system has been reviewed in a paper authored by Kirsten Horsburgh, SDF’s
Read More06 Apr
Scotland’s mental health strategy for the next decade published
The Scottish Government have published the ten-year ‘Mental Health Strategy’, which will take effect from 2017-27. The Strategy’s vision is
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Needle Exchange Survey Initative 2015-16 findings shed light on current drug injecting population
Health Protection Scotland, in collaboration with the University of the West of Scotland and Glasgow Caledonian University, has published the
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European Commission proposes new EU Action Plan on Drugs in efforts against drug use and trafficking
The European Commission have proposed a new EU Action Plan on Drugs for the period 2017-2020. According to a statement
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Briefing on illicit drug use and policy published by Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) has published a briefing that explores illicit drug use in Scotland. The briefing states
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