The cost of the long-acting acting opiate substitution treatment buprenorphine has increased in price by over 700% in the
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Cost of buprenorphine soars over 700% in last six months
Category: Other news
28 Sep
Scottish Families to get Digital
Over the next year, Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs (SFAD) will be running ‘Connecting Families through Digital’, a
Read More27 Sep
Brexit poses a “severe threat” to access to EMCDDA and EUROPOL
Specialists in substance use and public health have warned that Brexit poses a “severe threat” to shared knowledge of emerging
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UK Government announces definition for cannabis-based medicinal products
The UK government has announced that cannabis-based products for medicinal use will be available for specialist doctors to prescribe legally
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HIV Scotland receives core funding from Scottish Government
A leading Scottish HIV charity has received new funding from the Scottish Government, which will enable it to operate over
Read More18 Sep
International working group seeks to develop role of nurses at supervised drug consumption sites
The Harm Reduction Nurses Association (HRNA) is launching an international working group to develop a consensus statement on the role
Read More17 Sep
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 in the
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DAISy implementation further delayed
The Scottish Government has confirmed ‘an important milestone change in the DAISy project’. The recording and reporting system for drug
Read More10 Sep
Trainspotting generation ‘cannot be used to explain all drug deaths’
Scotland’s drug deaths can no longer be explained by the so-called Trainspotting generation, according to Dave Barrie, Service Manager at
Read More07 Sep
Draft Scottish drugs and alcohol Strategy published by Government
The Scottish Government have published a draft version of the new, combined drugs and alcohol strategy document ‘All Together Now:
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