The Needle Exchange Surveillance Initiative (NESI) aims to measure and monitor the prevalence of bloodborne viruses and injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in Scotland. Regular NESI studies are delivered by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and NHS Scotland. GCU are recruiting a team of Survey Assistants to assist […]
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As you might be aware, the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster have launched an inquiry into the Use and Misuse of Drugs in Scotland. The Committee are currently recruiting for a specialist adviser who has expert knowledge of the social, legal, policy and political issues surrounding drug use. Understanding of […]
Alison Thewliss MP (Glasgow Central, SNP) is pursuing a Bill in Westminster to make legal provision for Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities across the UK. The Bill: sets out principles for the Secretary of State to licence facilities based on applications that demonstrate fitness for purpose of staff, premises and protocols. […]
Aberdeen City ADP are working with Scottish Drugs Forum and NHS Grampian to identify apps and devices that could be tested in the prevention of drug-related deaths. If you are aware of any such devices that might be available or in development please contact Catriona Matheson on cmathesonbusiness@gmail.com
We are now well into the second year of the Drugs Research Network Scotland and the network is going from strength to strength. In our first year we focussed on establishing the network and delivering various knowledge exchange events including our very successful inaugural annual conference in November 2018 and […]
On the 28th November 2018 the DRNS was pleased to hold our first annual conference, a fully sold-out event that attracted 120 delegates including academic and peer researchers, post-graduate students, early career researchers, health and care providers, third sector agencies and people with lived and living experience of drug use. […]
We are delighted to announce that Dr Catriona Matheson has been appointed Professor of Substance Use at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling. Professor Matheson is recognised as a significant contributor to the field of substance use research in Scotland through her work as an independent drugs researcher, […]
On 28/11/2018 the Scottish Government published Rights, Respect and Recovery, a new, combined drug and alcohol strategy that takes a public health approach to preventing and reducing alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths. In this document, the Scottish Government state: “We recognise the importance of the role evidence plays in […]