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Welcome to the Drug Misuse Information Scotland website

This site provides information, statistics and research on drugs misuse in Scotland. Our target users are policy makers, professionals, researchers, employers and the wider community.

Please note: to get in touch with a member of the team view our contacts page or contact us via the substance misuse mailbox: email: nss.isdsubstancemisuse@nhs.net

To be published soon: - Drug Misuse Hospital Statistics Scotland 2012 and Alcohol-related Hospital Statistics Scotland 2012 will be published 29th May 2012.

What's new on this site

ISD Scotland - Latest Statistics
16th May - Estimating the Crime Reduction Benefits of Drug Treatment and Recovery - NTA for Substance Misuse
2nd May - Social determinants of health and well-being in young people. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from the 2009/2010 Survey - WHO
30th April - Quality Indicators for Hepatitis C - Healthcare Improvement Scotland
30th April - UK National Problem Profiles for Cannabis Cultivation - ACPO
25th April - Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2010-11 - Scottish Government
23rd April - EMCDDA trend report for the evaluation of the 2005-12 EU drugs strategy - EMCDDA
26th March - Drug-related Parliamentary Questions - updated to 21st March, 2012 - Scottish Parliament
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Policy for provision of drug treatment services in prisons - Department of Health, England
16 May 2012
Report reveals numbers of crimes prevented by treatment for drug misuse - NTA for Substance Misuse
16 May 2012
Public asked to be vigilant to stop drug smuggling in jails - Scotsman
14 May 2012
Addiction worker training project wins lottery funding - Scottish Drugs Forum
14 May 2012
Cannabis farms in the UK on the increase - The Independent
3 May 2012
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