The Government has announced it will invest £780 million in drug treatment in an effort to break the “cycle of crime” fuelled by addiction. The money will go towards the
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The Scottish Government will increase the number of residential rehab beds in the country as it struggles with a drug-related deaths crisis that claims the lives of hundreds of people
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There has been a 27% rise in people dying while in treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, according to new data covering the pandemic. Between April 2020 and March 2021,
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About 60 per cent of people who are at risk of an opioid overdose in Scotland have received specialist treatment to prevent a potentially fatal outcome, a report has shown.
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Scotland should open drug consumption rooms without waiting for a change in the law, campaigners have said. The Scottish Government has long been in favour of the facilities, which would
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Increased drinking during the pandemic has created a group of people who don’t see themselves as alcoholics but have difficulty abstaining from alcohol for any length of time. This group,
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The Duchess of Cambridge has warned that “none of us are immune” from addiction, as television presenter Ant McPartlin opened up to her about his struggle with drink and drugs.
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Nicola Sturgeon said she is keeping an open mind on whether to support the Scottish Conservatives’ plans for a “right to recovery” in law to tackle the country’s drug deaths
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Scotland’s drugs minister has defended a change in stance which will allow police to issue warnings to those caught with drugs such as heroin or cocaine, saying: “We can’t arrest
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Scotland has recorded more than 700 drug deaths in the first half of this year, new figures show. The figures, described as “appalling” by the drugs policy minister, Angela Constance,
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