The Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research (SACASR), hosted by the University of Stirling, are looking to appoint a new Research Fellow to work on the Chief Scientist Office funded study “Developing an Intervention to Manage Benzodiazepine Dependence and High-Risk Use in the Context of Escalating Drug Related […]
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A blog post by Jessica Greenhalgh, Research Project Administrator, DRNS Evidence-based policy and practice utilises research, clinical experiences, and patient preferences to provide health and social care professionals, educators, and policy makers with the best available knowledge about specific treatments, social interventions, and many other areas. The DRNS was created […]
A blogpost by Joe Schofield, Research Fellow, University of Stirling. The Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) warmly welcomes today’s announcement of substantial new Scottish Government funding to address digital exclusion among people at high risk of drug related harm. As harm reduction, treatment and recovery services have increasingly moved online […]
Author: Dave Barrie, We are With You, Dundee In December 2020, the most recent drug-related deaths figures were released. Every year we get a national announcement of the number of people who have lost their lives from drug overdoses. In 2019, we lost 1,264 people in Scotland and 72 in Dundee. […]
Everyone’s life has changed dramatically this year. From March onwards, we’ve had to adapt to the pandemic in ways that would have been inconceivable just a year ago. Yet it seems to us as researchers that the less social capital a person has, the more dramatic the change has been. […]
We are conducting a study to explore perceptions and attitudes towards Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs). This is being led by the University of Stirling and involves partnerships between the University of Stirling, Figure 8 Consultancy, Transform Drug Policy Foundation, Glasgow Caledonian University and Liverpool John Moores University. The study has […]
Overdose prevention during coronavirus lockdown in Edinburgh Blog post in support of International Overdose Awareness Day Author: Wez Steele, Support Worker in rapid access accommodation with lived experience of chronic homelessness and substance use Welcome to the scary and surreal of working in what many would call a “frontline” (I […]
The International Society for Addiction Medicine’s Neuroscience Interest Group (ISAM-NIG) is holding their second webinar entitled Cognitive Training / Rehabilitation Interventions for Addiction Medicine on Tue 23rd June from 2000 – 2200 BST. To join the meeting click: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/733404613 Agenda Introduction and overview of Webinar (Webinar Chairs: Victoria Manning and […]
A DRNS-supported collaboration has received £28,000 funding from the Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in Scotland. Of the 55 funded research projects, this is the only one to specifically address the health of people who use illicit […]
The Drugs Research Network for Scotland (DRNS) is keen to support emerging, early career and non-academic researchers to develop capacity across the sector and to ensure that emerging researchers are well-placed to lead on the future of Scottish drugs research. We’d like to find out how we can best support your professional development, and […]