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Current alerts Nitazenes A public health alert about nitazene-type opioids was published in January 2023. It was updated in July 2024, due to increasing detections in drugs...

Drug-related harms decreased during the most recent quarter (September to November 2024). However, intelligence suggests the drug supply remains highly toxic and unpredictable,...

Police drug trends bulletin The purposes of the Police Scotland’s Statement of Opinion (STOP) bulletin are to raise awareness of drug trends and to demonstrate some of the...

Emergency department toxicology: ASSIST Between September and November 2024, the ‘A Surveillance Study of Illicit Substance Toxicity’ (ASSIST) emergency department project made 212...

Police drug trends bulletin The purposes of the Police Scotland’s Statement of Opinion (STOP) bulletin are to raise awareness of drug trends and to demonstrate some of the...

Current alerts Nitazenes A public health alert about nitazene-type opioids was published in January 2023. It was updated on 9 July 2024, due to increasing detections in drugs...

Drug-related harms in Scotland remain stable at a high level, highlighting the continued urgency of addressing this public health crisis. The stability at a national level masks...

Emergency department toxicology: ASSIST Between June and August 2024, the ‘A Surveillance Study of Illicit Substance Toxicity’ (ASSIST) emergency department project made 669...

The annual report from the National Records of Scotland shows that there were 1,172 drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2023; a 12% increase on the previous year after two years of decreases.

Emergency department toxicology: ASSIST Between March and May 2024, the ‘A Surveillance Study of Illicit Substance Toxicity’ (ASSIST) emergency department project made 563...