22nd April 2021 Scottish Drugs Forum has today published Drugs: Policy and Aims – A Manifesto for Scotland. The manifesto
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Scottish Drugs Forum Launch Manifesto
Tag: David Liddell
10 Mar
People with experience of substance use problems offered first step towards a career in social care
10th March 2021 Scottish Drugs Forum are delighted to announce that we are now taking applications for our two life-changing
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‘What’s happening on the streets with benzos?’ – Free e-Learning course aims to upskill workers
9th February 2021 A new, free to access e-learning course on the use of benzodiazepines in Scotland has been launched
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£250 million funding pledged to address drugs death emergency in Scotland
21st January 2021 The Scottish Government has pledged an extra £250 million over the next five years to address the
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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 for Drug
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‘The need for change is obvious and long overdue’ – David Liddell, SDF CEO
16th December 2020 1,264 drug-related deaths were recorded in Scotland in 2019, according to statistics published yesterday by National Records
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Medication Assisted Treatment Standards For Scotland Published
New Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards have been published for Scotland. MAT involves medication together with any psychological and social
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SDF commits to continuing work on stigma and launches resource to broaden consensus
Today, Scottish Drugs Forum contextualises our work around stigma and commits to ensuring anti-stigma activity remains a key cross-cutting theme
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Expansion of all quality treatment is needed to address Scotland’s drug crises
In this blog post, Scottish Drugs Forum’s CEO, David Liddell, writes on our public health crises and the role of
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UK Government response ‘utterly predictable’ writes David Liddell
Earlier in the week, the UK Government was accused of a “wholesale rejection” of recommendations made by the House of
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