In September 2019 DRNS conducted a mapping of research relating to drug-related deaths (DRD) in Scotland. DRNS members and newsletter subscribers were asked to submit details of relevant research and PhDs. The report below summarises the information we received. Our aim is to share information on DRD-related work to reduce […]
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The House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee have reported on their inquiry into Problem Drug Use in Scotland. The report opens with the statement that “Scotland is in the midst of a drugs crisis” and then sets out a range of areas requiring action at both UK and Scottish levels. […]
The Scottish Government have two new vacancies offering secondment opportunities within the Alcohol and Drug National Support Team. They both offer opportunities to gain experience of working within Scottish Government on high profile and high priority topics for Scottish Ministers. The first vacancy is for an Alcohol and Drugs Quality […]
RESULT stands for the Routine Evaluation of Substance Use and Lifestyle Treatment. It is a web-based toolkit of resources about assessing addiction problems and following progress in overcoming them. RESULT was developed by Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist Dr Duncan Raistrick and Addiction Psychologist and trainer Dr Gillian Tober. RESULT provides tools, […]
Join the 5th LEAHN Consultation on ‘Law Enforcement, Drugs & Harm Reduction’ in Edinburgh in October 2019
DRNS is delighted to announce that Dr Duncan Stewart has joined our Steering Committee. Duncan is a consultant addiction Psychiatrist currently working in NHS Lothian. He has worked in Psychiatry in Glasgow, Aberdeen, North Lanarkshire, Forth Valley and the Highlands of Scotland finally moving home to Edinburgh in 2014. He […]
Michael Roy, Peer Navigator. Recognising a participant’s (because I am part of a research study) change in behaviour and also understanding their triggers has been the most important part of my overdose prevention work. If I can see a change in behaviour and mood it gives me the opportunity to […]
Josh Dumbrell, Peer Navigator. While still out performing, overdose was an inevitable aspect of my addiction. From day one, my using was characterised in the adage, “one is too many, and a thousand never enough”. Indeed, for many of us, our drug of (no) choice is simply ‘more’. I have […]
So the country is in the grip of public health crisis, people are dying from overdoses at an alarming rate, alarming even to the more advanced drug using population which is fairly accustomed to hearing someone else they knew has been found dead. There has been much talk of how […]
The Drugs Research Network for Scotland is delighted to present Opioids, pain, dependence and harms, an international symposium with Dr Peggy Compton and Dr Marty Cheatle (University of Pennsylvania) and Dr Richard Cooper (University of Sheffield). This event will be of interest to academics, practitioners, policy makers and technical experts […]