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2010 2009

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2010
4th March S3W-31500 To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using drugs in the last year in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
4th March S3W-31499 To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported using drugs in the last month in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
4th March S3W-31498 To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults in Fife reported ever using drugs in crime and justice surveys in the last three years, broken down by type of drug.
3rd March S3W-31605 To ask the Scottish Executive what research is available on the success or otherwise of current provision of support and services for the treatment of people with drugs and alcohol addiction to gain abstinence in the long term.
3rd March S3W-31604 To ask the Scottish Executive what the most effective, evidence-based form of treatment and support in the long term is for people addicted to (a) drugs and (b) alcohol.
25th February S3W-31338 To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the finding of the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use that Class A drugs are more likely to be the first drug taken by females under the age of 16 than any other age group and what action it plans to take.
25th February S3W-31336 To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the finding of the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use that 24.1% of those who had ever used drugs first tried them when they were under 16 years of age and what action it plans to take.
24th February S3W-31337 To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the finding of the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use that the reported use of cocaine had increased between 2006 and 2008-09 among adults aged 16 to 59 and what action it plans to take.
23rd February S3W-31475 To ask the Scottish Executive what the current timeline is for re-integration of Scottish Prison Service primary medical and nursing services into the NHS and who the new chair of the relevant working group will be when the current chair retires.
23rd February S3W-31333 To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22150 by Kenny MacAskill on 25 March 2009, what evidence it has of the effectiveness of drug-free wings.
23rd February S3W-31332 To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22150 by Kenny MacAskill on 25 March 2009, how many drug-free wings there are in each prison and whether it plans to increase this figure.
23rd February S3W-31331 To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of random drug tests carried out on prisoners in each of the last three years has been found to be positive, broken down by prison.
23rd February S3W-31330 To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of random drug tests carried out on prisoners in each of the last 12 months has been found to be positive, broken down by prison.
23rd February S3W-31329 To ask the Scottish Executive how drugs get into prisons.
23rd February S3W-31328 To ask the Scottish Executive how many drug finds there have been in each prison in each month since January 2007, broken down by type of drug.
23rd February S3W-31335 To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the finding of the 2008-09 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey: Drug Use that 87.6% of adults who had used drugs in the month prior to interview reported that it was easy to get hold of the drug they used most often in that period, including 48.6% who claimed it was very easy, and what action it plans to take.
23rd February S3W-31334 To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-22150 by Kenny MacAskill on 25 March 2009, what evidence led the Scottish Prison Service to move from the operation of drug-free areas in prisons to integrated treatment care and what evidence it has of the success of this approach.
16th February S3W-31339 To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it considers that the national drugs strategy is making in tackling problem drug use.
4th February S3O-9375 To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to tackle alcohol and drug misuse in schools.
3rd February S3W-31049 To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 367 serious organised crime groups identified by the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency are based in (a) Edinburgh and (b) the Lothians region.
29th January S3W-31000 To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded convictions there were for drug Trafficking in 2008-09, broken down by sheriff court.
26th January S3W-30274 To ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel in prison have a (a) drug and (b) alcohol problem.
26th January S3W-30275 To ask the Scottish Executive how many ex-service personnel serving a community sentence have a (a) drug and (b) alcohol problem.
26th January S3W-30705 To ask the Scottish Executive how many people had a charge proved in court for supply of drugs offences in the Lothian and Borders police force area in 2008-09 and what disposals were applied to them, broken down by type of drug.
21st January S3W-30565 To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities, such as Castle Craig Hospital, running under capacity given the finding of a gap between need and service availability in the report, Scottish Alcohol Needs Assessment, with on average one in 12 people able to access treatment services.
21st January S3W-30564 To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities, such as Castle Craig Hospital, running under capacity, given that, as of September 2009, 25% of individuals still waiting for a residential rehabilitation place had been waiting for between five and eight weeks and 45% had been waiting for between nine and 26 weeks.
21st January S3W-30563 To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on Castle Craig Hospital running under capacity, given that, as of September 2009, over 40% of individuals in Midlothian and East Lothian still waiting for a first drug treatment appointment had waited for over 26 weeks.
21st January S3W-30562 To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities, such as Castle Craig Hospital, running under capacity, given that, as of September 2009, 8% of individuals still waiting for a first drug treatment appointment had waited for over a year.
19th January S3W-30163 To ask the Scottish Executive how many residential drugs services, including residential crisis and supported accommodation services, existed in 2006 and how many there are now.
13th January S3W-30001 To ask the Scottish Executive how many residential care beds there are for (a) drug and (b) alcohol treatment and recovery in services that include the provision of mental health services.
13th January S3W-29936 To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason drug-related deaths have risen by 36%, from 421 deaths in 2006 to 574 in 2008.
13th January S3W-29935 To ask the Scottish Executive what mental health support is given to the 75% of drug users estimated to have a mental health problem.
12th January S3W-29803 To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been to NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the cannabis substitute, Spice, in each of the last three years.
12th January S3W-29804 To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been to NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the amphetamine substitutes (a) mephadrone and (b) BZP in each of the last three years.
12th January S3W-29805 To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions there have been to NHS Lothian hospitals as a result of taking the ecstasy substitute GBL in each of the last three years.
11th January S3W-29868 To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-29480 by Kenny MacAskill on 8 December 2009, how many prisoners were known to have drug dependency issues in each year since 1970, broken down by prison.
11th January S3W-29904 To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been (a) known and (b) estimated to have drug dependency issues at HMP Edinburgh in each year since 1970.

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