2nd August 2021 Almost all Scotland’s drug deaths involve the use of more than one substance and 89% involve the
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David Liddell: Treatment focus on heroin misses wider issues. Deaths involving cocaine and other drugs rise again.
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02 Aug
David Liddell: Benzodiazepines – we need to disrupt the criminal market and deliver on The National Mission to reduce drugs deaths
2nd August 2021 The latest drug death figures show a continued upward trend in benzodiazepines being implicated in the deaths
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David Liddell: Change is needed to deliver a national mission as Scotland’s public health emergency continues
30th July 2021 These figures confirm that Scotland’s national public health emergency continues. These deaths are personal tragedies. Families and
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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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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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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