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, ...

West Scotland Liberal Democrat MSP Jamie Greene believes if the trial drug consumption unit in Scotland is a success, it should be rolled out ...

West Scotland Labour MSP Katy Clark has laid the blame for Ayrshire's spiralling drug problem at the feet of the SNP government.

New and dangerous sedative drugs have been found in Scotland, increasing potential risks to users, the country's health ...

The Scottish government been accused of an “abject failure” to tackle Scotland’s drugs problem after paramedics were forced to deal with a record number of overdoses in 2025. Figures obtained by the ...

THE SNP has been slammed for an "alarming” rise in overdoses in Scotland last year, with the Conservatives claiming an ...

Gary Kelly and Bruce Munro, reforming drug users from Glasgow, count themselves lucky. They have survived the kind of lethal addictions to substances that have left Scotland with the highest ...

Dental professionals can help reduce harms associated with drug use, according to a University of Dundee researcher who headed up a Scottish Government-funded project to help improve the oral health ...

The story is set against the backdrop of a post-2008 banking crash in Scotland, where the devastation caused by drug dealers, ...

Michael Trail, of Jericho House, says the abstinence-based methods are tried and trusted - and have led 800 Scots to drug ...