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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A new campaign is being launched to increase public awareness of a life-saving treatment which can reverse a drugs overdose. The Scottish Government and Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) have teamed
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The Scottish Government is pushing for the expansion of distribution for a life-saving anti-overdose treatment to be made permanent. During the pandemic, changes to guidelines by the Lord Advocate allowed
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Scotland’s new national care service could be expanded further than first anticipated and take control of drug and alcohol services, children and young people and social work, under Government plans.
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The Government is proposing to make a life-saving medicine that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose more widely available to frontline staff who have regular contact with drug
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Drug-related deaths in England and Wales have risen for the eighth year in a row and remain at their highest level in more than a quarter of a century, figures
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Scotland’s drug deaths crisis deepened in the past year with the number of people who lost their lives rising to 1,339, according to official statistics. The figure is 5% higher
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A new drugs unit will be set up to help end illegal drug-related illness and deaths, the Government has announced. The Joint Combating Drugs Unit will combine multiple Government departments,
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