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Scottish police under fire for cannabis approach

Police Scotland’s approach to cannabis has been slammed by experts for not challenging drug use.

22 Feb 2019
Scotland

Smoking cannabis just once can alter teens’ brains

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Smoking cannabis just once can alter teens’ brains

A new study suggests that smoking cannabis just once as a teenager is enough to alter the structure of the brain.

18 Jan 2019
UK

Dealers selling ‘Mars bar’ cannabis on Instagram

Dealers selling ‘Mars bar’ cannabis on Instagram

20 Aug 2018
Scotland

Drug deaths reach record high in Scotland

Drug deaths reach record high in Scotland

11 Jul 2018
Scotland

Alcohol deaths continue to rise in Scotland but fewer teens drinking

Alcohol deaths continue to rise in Scotland but fewer teens drinking

29 Jun 2018
Scotland

Recovering alcoholic: Minimum pricing is good even ‘if only some people drink a little less’

Recovering alcoholic: Minimum pricing is good even ‘if only some people drink a little less’

21 May 2018
Scotland

Minimum alcohol pricing introduced in Scotland

Minimum alcohol pricing introduced in Scotland

1 May 2018
Scotland

‘Creating drug rooms tells users: We have given up on you’

‘Creating drug rooms tells users: We have given up on you’

25 Apr 2018
Scotland

Scottish Govt consults over controversial first ‘drug room’

10 Apr 2018
Scotland

Scots police chief tells MSPs to ‘end the stigma of drugs’

6 Feb 2018
Scotland

Scots welcome minimum pricing for alcohol

15 Nov 2017
Scotland

‘Troubling’ figures reveal 700 babies were born drug-dependent in Scotland in five years

1 Sep 2017
Scotland

Drug-related deaths reach record high in Scotland

18 Aug 2017
Scotland

Drug-driving crackdown announced by Scots Govt

24 Apr 2017
Scotland