We are not always used to sunshine in Scotland and therefore people can forget the risks of dehydration in the
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Staying hydrated when using substances
Category: Other news
01 Jun
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. The funds
Read More28 May
‘Click and deliver’ naloxone service delivered 348 kits in its first year
28th May 2021 Over a year ago at a media briefing in Edinburgh, the former Health Secretary Jeane Freeman announced that “the Lord Advocate has confirmed
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Overdose awareness and naloxone posters go live in Scotland
04/05/21 This month a new overdose awareness and naloxone poster campaign launched in various cities throughout the UK. Naloxone is
Read More22 Apr
Scottish Drugs Forum Launch Manifesto
22nd April 2021 Scottish Drugs Forum has today published Drugs: Policy and Aims – A Manifesto for Scotland. The manifesto
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Funding announced for new technologies to help people stay in touch with services
1st March 2021 Up to £2.75 million has been granted by the Scottish Government and the Drugs Deaths Taskforce to
Read More25 Feb
More than half of homeless deaths in 2019 drug-related
25th February 2021 An estimated 216 people experiencing homelessness died in 2019, according to experimental statistics published by National Records
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Current capacity of residential rehabilitation in Scotland mapped
23rd February 2021 Findings of a Scottish Government survey of residential rehabilitation services show that there are 418 beds available
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Sharp fall in hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Scotland
23rd February 2021 The prevalence of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs has fallen sharply in Scotland and modestly
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People who are homeless and at risk of HIV supported with UK-first mobile PrEP initiative
23rd February 2021 A team of sexual health nurses have been taking their service to the streets of Glasgow with
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