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Specialist drug treatment referrals The average weekly number of referrals to specialist drug treatment services was stable from August to November 2022. The number of referrals...

Naloxone administration by Scottish Ambulance Service The average weekly number of naloxone administration incidents was broadly stable between September and November 2022 (69...

Police Scotland drug trends bulletin This bulletin contains photos of drugs. This update provides information on street benzos (benzodiazepines) and nitazenes mis-sold as...

RADAR publishes ad-hoc alerts related to new drugs, trends and harms. A public health alert about nitazene-type drugs in Scotland, was published on 24 January 2023. This alert...

An increase in suspected drug deaths was observed in Scotland between October and November 2022. All other healthcare indicators of harm and service utilisation remained stable...

Our quarterly report The Drugs Team at Public Health Scotland (PHS) has compiled this report of drug-related indicators in order to inform action to prevent drug harms and...

RADAR Find out more about RADAR – Scotland’s drugs early warning system. View our new A to Z: A guide to common drug names in Scotland. Data and intelligence View our wider drug...

The metadata for this document has been split into sections as there are some differences between the indicators.  Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly ​report...

Reporting a drug harm To make a report to RADAR and share information such as trends, incidents and harms related to drugs you can either: fill in our reporting form email...

Emergency department toxicology: ASSIST Between August and November 2022, 169 detections of 30 different illicit drugs were identified by the ASSIST pilot. More than one substance...