A total of 1,017 people suffered a fatal overdose in Scotland last year. That figure was a 13% fall on the previous year, and the lowest recorded total since 2017. While the reduction is significant, ...

The movie's stark scenes ripped up Edinburgh’s postcard image of cobbled streets and culture ...

Members of three Scottish Parliament committees have urged that a joint approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish government’s ...

Priority must be given to unblocking pathways to treatment and getting manageabler workloads and clear targets for ADP ...

Scottish Government announces its “Preventing Harm, Promoting Recovery” - hoping to turn our European-worst record in drug ...

People from Scotland's homeless community have spoken out after 81 people died in three months after taking synthetic opioid “pyro”.

A new plan to reduce deaths and harms caused by alcohol and drugs in Scotland has been published by the Scottish Government and COSLA.

Additional places where addicts can inject illegal drugs without fear of arrest are urgently needed, the Scottish Government has claimed.

A MAN has died outside Glasgow’s controversial drugs “fix room”. Emergency services were called to the area outside the city’s drug consumption hub The Thistle in Hunter Street at around 10.20am ...

The South Scotland representative spoke following an inquiry on substance misuse in prisons in the Scottish Parliament. The MSP says frontline staff and experts are making it clear that they need ...