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Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Local Government and Housing Directorate

Sep. 24 2024

Source Page: Review of funding to Coalfields Regeneration Trust: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400424487 - Information released - Annex (PDF)

Found: through this programme was heavily into smoking cannabis, anti-social behaviour and alcohol, dad a heroin

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)

Sep. 17 2024

Source Page: Health briefing packs ahead of Scottish Parliament health committee: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400392694 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: he believes more funding is needed to tackle drug addiction • He wants to see the introduction of Heroin

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Ministry of Justice

Sep. 12 2024

Source Page: United Kingdom’s response to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ List of Issues Report
Document: (PDF)

Found: The most commonly reported was Heroin/Mor phine, which was reported in 62% all deaths involving opioids

Westminster Hall
Illegal Immigration - Tue 10 Sep 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) MPs and peers signed that letter.Among those who escaped deportation that day were Ikiva Heaven, a heroin - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Medicines - Mon 09 Sep 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) It stops people from dying of accidental or deliberate overdoses of heroin and other opiate drugs, and - Speech Link
2: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) Most people are aware of the dangers of one particular opioid—heroin—but the crackdown on supply in Afghanistan - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Sep. 04 2024

Source Page: Britain takes decisive action to ban 'zombie drug' xylazine
Document: Britain takes decisive action to ban 'zombie drug' xylazine (webpage)

Found: high-strength veterinary sedative, which has increasingly been used in combination with opioids such as heroin

Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Population Health Directorate

Sep. 04 2024

Source Page: National Mission on Drugs Annual Report
Document: National Mission on Drugs Annual Report 2023-2024 (PDF)

Found: Some examples include the recovery of cocaine and heroin with an estimated value of more than £1 million

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Population Health Directorate

Sep. 03 2024

Source Page: Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPEDS) and steroids: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400414590 - Information released - Attachments 1 & 2 (PDF)

Found: Reducing harm and supporting recovery; • New Psychoactive Substances; • Effective treatment for heroin

Lords Chamber
Vaping Products: Usage by Children - Mon 02 Sep 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) and some of its research found that some of the vapes had been adulterated with other drugs—including heroin - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Population Health Directorate

Aug. 29 2024

Source Page: Briefings provided to the Minister for Drugs and Alcohol and the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400398642 - Information released - Attachments 1 - 7 (PDF)

Found: paraphernalia legally and actively encourage a full suite of treatment options, including the expansion of Heroin