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 […]
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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 […]