DRNS is proud to be hosting Scottish Recovery Consortium’s Rights in Recovery event at the University of Stirling on 22nd August. The rights of people who use drugs, and those in recovery, underpin the Scottish drugs strategy ‘Rights, Respect and Recovery’. In his Foreword to the strategy Joe FitzPatrick, MSP […]
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Prof Bernie Pauly and Dr Bruce Wallace (Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research) delivered this interactive workshop in Dundee on 14th May 2019. The event was organised by Drugs Research Network for Scotland in partnership with Scottish Drugs Forum and Dundee City Council. Bernie and Bruce described the response to […]
Dr Emily Tweed, Clinical Lecturer in Public Health and Hon. Speciality Registrar at NHS GGC joins DRNS Steering Committee.
Statement from the Drugs Research Network in response to publication of the 2018 drug-related death statistics. Includes interview with Catriona Matheson, DRNS Convenor and Chair of the new Scottish Government 'Drugs Death Taskforce'
The Scottish Crime Board are consulting on changes to the way crimes and offences are presented - including changes to the classification of drug possession vs. supply.
DRNS is mapping current/planned Scottish research & audit on Drug-Related Deaths to describe the emerging evidence-base and inform the national response.
Catriona Matheson, DRNS Convenor and Professor of Substance Use, will chair Scotland's new Drugs Death Taskforce.
Dr Tessa Parkes and I were asked to speak at the Substance Use and Addictive Behaviours Research Group European conference at Manchester Metropolitan University. I spoke about recovery and identity and my role as a Peer Navigator in the SHARPS study. In this blog, I want to share some of […]
Whether the particular mode of power be force, coercion, bargaining, or influence, we are all subject to social control. That is, we are all variously impacted by laws, and social expectations, with the attainment of desired outcomes typically involving compromise and conformity. It stands to reason then, that those least […]
"Does this mean the service users are equal to the professionals that serve them? That the playing field is level? Or am I some kind of bizarre bridge between social statuses?"