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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department of Health and Social Care

Nov. 13 2023

Source Page: £267 million to boost local drug and alcohol treatment
Document: £267 million to boost local drug and alcohol treatment (webpage)

Found: More people will benefit from residential rehabilitation or inpatient detoxification, while improvements

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Drug Deaths and Drug Harm - Thu 02 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: Whitham, Elena (SNP - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) progress on the implementation of medication assisted treatment standards and an increase in residential rehabilitation - Speech Link
2: Whitham, Elena (SNP - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) can make sure that local areas are able to effectively get people on their journey into residential rehabilitation - Speech Link
3: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) Afghanistan have dropped right off, and stakeholders are concerned that there may be only 18 months’ worth of heroin - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Population Health Directorate

Oct. 25 2023

Source Page: National Mission on Drugs: annual report 2022-2023
Document: National Mission on Drugs - Annual Report 2022-2023 (PDF)

Found: National Naloxone Programme 23 4.2.2 Safer Drug Consumption Facilities 24 4.2.3 Drug Checking 24 4.2.4 Heroin

National Audit Office
Crime, justice and law - Oct. 20 2023
Report - Reducing the harm from illegal drugs (PDF)

Found: Cocaine (crack and powder), heroin, LSD, and methamphetamines are examples of Class A drugs. 6 An opiate

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Drug Deaths and Drug Harm - Tue 26 Sep 2023

Mentions:
1: None If we are talking about treatments such as the use of consumption rooms and heroin-assisted treatment - Speech Link
2: None We can learn from the evaluation of the heroin-assisted treatment facility in Glasgow. - Speech Link
3: Sweeney, Paul (Lab - Glasgow) There will be co-location with the heroin-assisted treatment service. - Speech Link
4: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) Scottish social attitudes survey shows that a significant number of people in this country might support rehabilitation - Speech Link
5: None have been a number of examples over the years where there has been local opposition to residential rehabilitation - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Drug Law Reform - Tue 19 Sep 2023

Mentions:
1: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) Rehabilitation beds were cut by the Government. - Speech Link
2: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) The message that the societal normalisation of heroin, crack cocaine and other drugs would send to our - Speech Link
3: Sweeney, Paul (Lab - Glasgow) We have seen no progression beyond the initial heroin-assisted treatment pilot in Glasgow. - Speech Link
4: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) Heroin-assisted treatment or medically assisted treatment strike me as better options, where they are - Speech Link
5: Mackay, Gillian (Green - Central Scotland) treatment and drug testing.Scotland has already made progress on heroin-assisted treatment. - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Sep. 18 2023

Source Page: UK/Australia: Free Trade Agreement [TS No.37/2023]
Document: UK/Australia: Free Trade Agreement, Volume IV of VI (PDF)

Found: Victoria Licences granted in Victoria to manufacture or formulate heroin are subject to limits on

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Ministry of Justice

Sep. 07 2023

Source Page: Process evaluation of the drug recovery prison at HMP Holme House
Document: Process evaluation of the drug recovery prison at HMP Holme House (PDF)

Found: Findings: Environment, Cultural Change and Rehabilitation 32 6.1 Introduction 32 6.2 Key Findings

Select Committee
Gamblers Consumer Forum
 GAM0126 - Gambling regulation

Written Evidence Sep. 05 2023

Inquiry: Gambling regulation
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: no comparable terminology - there is no such thing as ‘problem pornography watchers’ or ‘problem heroin

Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Safer Communities Directorate
Justice Directorate

Sep. 04 2023

Source Page: Repeat violence in Scotland: a qualitative approach
Document: Repeat Violence in Scotland: A Qualitative Approach (PDF)

Found: So, it was all like uppers, downers, party drugs until I got the jail and I was introduced to heroin