Alcohol and drugs strategic plan: Fairer Scotland Duty assessment summary
Summary of the Fairer Scotland Duty (FSD) undertaken to accompany Scotland’s alcohol and drugs strategic plan.
References
1 Drug-related deaths in Scotland, National Records of Scotland, 2025 (annual) next release expected September 2026
2 Drug-related hospital statistics - Scotland 2024 to 2025, Public Health Scotland, 2025 (bi-annual) next release expected winter 2026
3 Alcohol-specific deaths 2024, National Records of Scotland, 2025 (annual) next release expected September 2026
5 Changing Lives, Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce, 2022
6 Alcohol and drug services, Audic Scotland, 2024
7 Homeless Deaths 2024, National Records of Scotland, 2024 (annual)
8 The National Drug-Related Deaths Database (Scotland) Report: Analysis of Deaths Registered in 2019 and 2020, Public Health Scotland, 2024
9 An effective and humane approach to drug policies, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2025
10 Population Health Framework: evidence paper, Scottish Government, 2025
11 Alcohol and drug services, Audit Scotland, 2024
Contact
Email: alcoholanddrugsplan@gov.scot