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First Minister leads Scottish delegation to British-Irish Council
Tackling substance misuse on the agenda.
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First drug deaths meeting takes place in Edinburgh
People with lived experience will help shape services.
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Taskforce to tackle drug deaths emergency
£20m to support expert group to reduce drug harms.
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Renewed call for Home Office action on drug deaths
Public Health Minister writes to Home Secretary.
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Call for urgent meeting on drug deaths
Public Health Minister writes to the Home Secretary.
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Alcohol and Drug Partnerships: delivery framework
Framework for local partnerships between health boards, local authorities, police and voluntary agencies working to reduce the use of and harms from alcohol and drugs.
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Statistics show highest ever level of drug deaths
Minister calls for consumption room approval.
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1,187 drug-deaths in 2018: up 27% in a year
National Statistics publication for Scotland.
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Chair of new Drug Deaths Taskforce appointed
Professor Catriona Matheson will lead the group.
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Alcohol sales fall to 25 year low
Signs of impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol sales.
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Drug Seizures and Offender Characteristics, 2017-18
An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.
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Drug seizures and offender characteristics: 2017-2018
Statistical bulletin on drug seizures recorded by Police Scotland in 2017-2018.
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New drug driving laws and roadside testing to improve road safety
Zero tolerance for people caught driving with illegal drugs in their system.
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Drink-drive limit: policy
Information on the drink-drive limit in Scotland and the policy behind it.
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Alcohol licensing: guidance
Guidance on alcohol licensing, personal licences and alcohol byelaws.
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Improving alcohol and drug treatment
National strategy focuses on people’s needs and their families.
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Rights, respect and recovery: alcohol and drug treatment strategy
Scotland’s strategy to improve health by preventing and reducing alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths.
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Alcohol Framework 2018
Updated framework setting out our national prevention aims on alcohol.
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Alcohol brief interventions: national guidance
Sets out national guidance for the Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABI) Local Delivery Plan (LDP) standard.
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Alcohol and drug treatment strategy
Combined approach to be published next year.
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Lower-risk drinking guidelines: factsheet
Information on the lower-risk drinking guidelines for men and women that were introduced on 8 January 2016.
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Local partnerships on alcohol and drugs: framework
This is a joint Scottish Government, CoSLA and NHS framework which clarifies the roles, responsibilities and accountability of all bodies involved in tackling alcohol and drugs problems.