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”.

NEW figures show drug driving has overtaken alcohol as the biggest threat to safety on Scotland’s roads. Around 3500 drink and drug driving tests were carried out by Police Scotland during their ...

The City of Edinburgh had the highest homeless death rate in 2024 [] An estimated 231 people died while experiencing ...

An estimated 231 people experiencing homelessness died in Scotland in 2024 – an increase of 48% since 2017, when 164 of those without a home are thought to have died.

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

Drug deaths in Scotland have fallen to their lowest levels in eight years, figures have shown. Deaths from drug misuse in 2024 dropped by 13% – or 155 deaths – to 1,017, according to the National ...

"We need to make sure that our NHS gets these drugs – after proper testing – to the people who need them. This could be a game-changer." ...

Scotland recorded 231 deaths of homeless people in 2024, figures have revealed. Housing secretary Mairi McAllan described the ...

Scottish Labour says Scotland ‘will never get to grips’ with the drugs crisis under the SNP. Almost 600 drug dealers have had their criminal cases dropped in the past three years, it has been claimed, ...

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 ...

The drugs crisis in English and Welsh prisons has reached “endemic” levels, “fostering a dangerous culture of acceptance that must be broken”, said the House of Commons Justice Committee. The prison ...