Alcohol and drugs

Official Statistics on crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland for August 2021.

This new report focusses on Police Scotland management information as a key indicator of recent drug death trends in Scotland.

This guidance describes the responsibilities and expectations for all involved in protecting children and will support the care and protection of children.

Guidance to support child protection committees to reflect, learn and improve child protection systems and practice when a child or young person dies, is significantly harmed, or was at risk of death or significant harm or where effective practice has prevented harm or risk of harm.

This report shows the results of the public consultation on the revised national guidance for child protection in Scotland, and our response to the results.

National campaign launched to help save lives.

An easy read version of the National Care Service consultation paper.

The NHS recovery plan sets out key ambitions and actions to be developed and delivered now and over the next 5 years in order to address the backlog in care and meet ongoing healthcare needs for people across Scotland.

Consultation on making life-saving drug more widely available.

This consultation sets out our proposals to improve the way we deliver social care in Scotland, following the recommendations of the Independent Review of Adult Social Care.

This plan, coproduced with our NHS and third sector partners, takes stock of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus (SHBBV) services and people that use them, ahead of a more fundamental review of the SHBBV Framework in 2022.

Ambulance clinicians issue life-saving kits.

More than £1.5 million to improve support.   

Study shows benefits for patients and staff.

Funding to help get more people into treatment.

Minister welcomes figures but pledges further action

Implementation Group meets for the first time.

Evidence based standards to enable the consistent delivery of safe, accessible, high-quality drug treatment across Scotland. These are relevant to people and families accessing or in need of services, and health and social care staff responsible for delivery of recovery oriented systems of care.

Applications can be made for a share of £18 million.

Information and guidance for the National Drugs Mission Funds to reduce drug related deaths and harms.

Minister outlines plans for £18 million investment.

More than £500,000 to improve services.

This paper reviews the international evidence on approaches to drug law reform, focussing on seven case studies from five jurisdictions.

Survey sets out current capacity in Scotland.

This survey was designed to provide a cross-sectional snapshot of the residential rehabilitation national landscape in Scotland.

Funding for residential rehabilitation.

Funding for NHS, mental health and drug services.

First Minister outlines a range of actions to tackle the crisis.  

Project to help relatives of drug users.

Kits distributed to those at risk of overdose.

Actions, milestones and timeframes for implementing the 'Rights, respect and recovery' alcohol and drug treatment strategy.

Figures underline scale of challenge.

Mapping of residential rehabilitation provision in Scotland for alcohol and drug treatment.

This report provides a set of recommendations to the Scottish Government and other partners involved in reducing the harms caused by problematic use of alcohol and drugs - recommendations which aim to improve access to residential rehabilitation treatment.

Scotland’s Chief Statistician today released the Scottish Health Survey 2019, providing information on the health, and factors relating to health, of adults and children in Scotland.

Funding announced for research projects across Scotland.

Over £2 million for new package of support during coronavirus (COVID-19).

Letter from the interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith about opiate substitution treatment in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guidance for the use of Buvidal for opiate substitution treatment in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Information about how we are supporting alcohol and drug services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addressing the impact of COVID-19.

Frontline services to benefit from an extra £20 million.

Experts discuss ways of cutting drug deaths.

Future policy to be shaped by people’s experience.

This paper by Scotland’s Drug Deaths Taskforce sets out six key evidence-based strategies for preventing drug related deaths.

Drug Deaths Taskforce funds ‘take-home naloxone’ programme.

Analysis and SG response to consultation on clarifying the position for certain wholesalers regarding compliance with minimum unit pricing of alcohol.

Public Health Minister writes to the Home Secretary.

Overview of findings on alcohol, drug use and smoking from the 2018 wave of the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS).

Information on the fieldwork and data processing for the 2018 Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS).

Findings on alcohol from the 2018 wave of the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS).

Findings on smoking and e-cigarettes from the 2018 wave of the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS).

Findings on drug use from the 2018 wave of the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS).

Tackling substance misuse on the agenda.

People with lived experience will help shape services.

£20m to support expert group to reduce drug harms.

Public Health Minister writes to Home Secretary.

Public Health Minister writes to the Home Secretary.

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. 

Minister calls for consumption room approval.

National Statistics publication for Scotland.

Professor Catriona Matheson will lead the group.

Signs of impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol sales.

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.

Statistical bulletin on drug seizures recorded by Police Scotland in 2017-2018.

Zero tolerance for people caught driving with illegal drugs in their system.

Information on the drink-drive limit in Scotland and the policy behind it.

Guidance on alcohol licensing, personal licences and alcohol byelaws.

National strategy focuses on people’s needs and their families.

Scotland’s strategy to improve health by preventing and reducing alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths.

Updated framework setting out our national prevention aims on alcohol.

Sets out national guidance for the Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABI) Local Delivery Plan (LDP) standard.

Combined approach to be published next year.

Information on the lower-risk drinking guidelines for men and women that were introduced on 8 January 2016.