📢 New funding opportunity The Office for Life Sciences has launched the £20m Addiction Healthcare Goals - Catalysing Innovation Awards, delivered by Innovate UK. This programme aims to fast-track new solutions to tackle drug and alcohol addiction challenges. ➡️Read more and apply: buff.ly/JrP85id

📣 New Webinar! The RUFUS Trial: Could the Benzodiazepine Antidote Flumazenil be used Safely and Effectively Pre-hospital? 📅 5 May 2026 🕚️ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 📍 Online via Teams 🎟️ Register here: buff.ly/5O2qCLH

📣 New blog post! 👥 Meeting People Where They Are: Reflections from the RCGP Addiction Conference by Sophie Given 📰 Read the blog post here: buff.ly/Cr4P9xG

📰 New blog post! ✨️ Adventures in Addiction Science: Insights and Innovations from the SSA PhD Symposium and Conference 2025 by Kristina Hnízdilová 💻️ Read the blog here: buff.ly/MNpHZm7

📣 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSING TOMORROW 📅 Submit to [email protected] by 13th March 2026 ✨ Details here: buff.ly/MU6ICru 👥 Annual Conference 2026: Developments in Harm Reduction 📅 4 June 2026 📍 Glasgow Caledonian University 🎟️ WAITLIST: buff.ly/87E4KPf

📹 Missed our webinar? The recording is now online! 🔬 On 4 March, Dr. Richard Lowrie from the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health discussed reducing overdose and drug deaths in people facing homelessness and other disadvantages. 🎥 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/n6fzyU7

📣 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED 📅 Submit to [email protected] by 13th March 2026 ✨ Details here: buff.ly/MU6ICru 👥 Annual Conference 2026: Developments in Harm Reduction 📅 4 June 2026 📍 Glasgow Caledonian University 🎟️ WAITLIST: buff.ly/87E4KPf

If you would like to share your research or shape discussions about addiction science, please consider submitting an application for an oral presentation, poster presentation, or workshop at the 2026 Annual Conference tinyurl.com/32y28hzk

📣 Call for abstracts closing in 1 week! Deadline: 7 March 2026 Details here: buff.ly/7G2IiiU ✨ Annual Conference 2026: Developments in Harm Reduction 📅 4 June 2026 📍 Glasgow Caledonian University 🗣️ keynotes from Dr Chelsea Shover & Prof Catherine Comiskey 🎟️ WAITLIST: buff.ly/87E4KPf

Funding Opportunity: Advancing Innovation in Drug & Alcohol Addiction Healthcare Innovate UK through the Office for Life Sciences Addiction Healthcare Goals programme with up to £20m available across two competitions Closing: 6 May 2026 (11:00am UK time) Learn more: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

New fully funded PhD based at @dundee.ac.uk , supervised by Dr Harry Hebert, Prof Lesley Colvin and myself, to investigate Opioid, Gabapentinoid and Antidepressant co‑prescribing. Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... or get in touch if you would like to find out more!

New paper on "Impact of Scotland's first Virtual Consumption app". Thanks @catrionamath.bsky.social @hadidf.bsky.social for support and guidance. Thanks @sheffielduni.bsky.social for Open Access publishing. @profalexstevens.bsky.social for continuing supervision and support. doi.org/10.1186/s129...

PLEASE SHARE: 🚨 Two Fully Funded PhD Opportunities – @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgshw.bsky.social 🚨 We’re recruiting for two PhD studentships exploring child and adolescent outcomes following prenatal opioid exposure, working with leading researchers and unique UK-wide administrative datasets 1/4

📣 2 WEEKS AWAY Reducing Overdose and Drug Deaths in People Facing Homelessness and Other Disadvantages 👥 in collaboration with the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health 📅 4 March 2026 🕘 11:00 - 12:00 📍 Online via Teams Registration: buff.ly/ZKE44Ni

📣 NEW EVENT✨ Reducing Overdose and Drug Deaths in People Facing Homelessness and Other Disadvantages 👥 in collaboration with the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health 📅 4 March 2026 🕘 11:00 - 12:00 📍 Online via Teams Registration: buff.ly/ZKE44Ni

📣 NEW BLOG POST ✨ Helping people to live and survive co-use of benzodiazepines/z-drugs and opioids: the importance of asking how and why people co-use 👥 by Gabriele Vojt, Joanna Kesten, Jennifer Scott, Hannah Family, on behalf of the Benzo Opioid study team Click here to read: buff.ly/17rVOoY

✨ Annual Conference 2026: Developments in Harm Reduction 📅 4th June 2026 📍 Glasgow Caledonian University 🗣️ with keynotes from Dr Chelsea Shover & Prof Catherine Comiskey 🎟️ REGISTRATION: buff.ly/87E4KPf 📣 Call for abstracts NOW OPEN, full details here: buff.ly/bZYg5PA Deadline: 7th March 2026

📢 Call for Applications: Evidence Briefing 📢 We’re commissioning an evidence briefing on the topic of ketamine. 📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 6th February 2026 💰 Funding: Up to £1,000 📩 Send your proposal to [email protected] More details and proposal form ⬇️ buff.ly/ia3McZa

Our new paper on Digital Harm Reduction and "Here4U Scotland app" from lead author @hadidf.bsky.social. Always a privilege to work and learn from @hadidf.bsky.social and @catrionamath.bsky.social 🙏. Thanks to @profalexstevens.bsky.social for ongoing PhD support 🙏 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Chief Scientist Office has opened their Early Postdoctoral Fellowships for application, providing three years of salary and consumable support to early career health researchers to enable then to develop their careers. Apply now 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/wxa8k75h

📢 Call for Applications: Evidence Briefing 📢 We’re commissioning an evidence briefing on the topic of ketamine. 📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 6th February 2026 💰 Funding: Up to £1,000 📩 Send your proposal to [email protected] More details and proposal form ⬇️ buff.ly/ia3McZa

The SSA is now accepting applications for full-time PhD studentships. Funding will include a stipend (living allowance), tuition fees, and research and training costs. Find out how to apply: tinyurl.com/y3n5dvk2

📢✨️ Dream postdoc job alert: Research Associate – Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Europe (RaRiE). Full-time, 5 year fixed-term job working with @fergusmcneill.bsky.social at University of Glasgow and researchers in the Netherlands and Norway. #Criminology #CrimSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP716/r...

Applications are being invited by @nrsprimarycare.bsky.social for its Researcher Development Fellowship, supporting GPs to build a clinical academic career. Read more and apply 🔗 https://bit.ly/4nCi5BZ

✨ One week to go 📣 Benzodiazepines/Z-drugs and Opioid Co-use: Research and Recommendations Webinar -in collaboration with University of Bristol and University of Bath 📅 28 November 2025 🕘 11:00 AM 📍 Online via Teams Register here: buff.ly/P02pCff

🗞️ Our November newsletter goes out tomorrow! 📢 Make sure you’re signed up to stay up to date with the latest research, events, funding opportunities, and more! Sign up here! 👉 buff.ly/AH2d9IN

📣 Introducing new funding schemes from the SSA and Office for Life Sciences tinyurl.com/mrxwrh8k | Applications for PhD studentships and fellowships open on 3 November

Abstract submissions are open for Scotland's 2026 Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) event. Presentation and poster abstracts, as well as workshop proposals, are being accepted until Friday 31 October. Submit now 🔗 https://bit.ly/42dY5Of

RELEASE protocol paper is out ijpds.org/article/view... This paper, led by @kjellgren.bsky.social describes how we created the RELEASE dataset, what is in it, and plans for analysis Results coming soon 1/3 #JusticeHealth @sacasrstir.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social

Peer Mentoring Evaluation: A report on final research findings - Evaluation findings from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) test of Peer Mentoring for individuals with a substance dependency - www.gov.uk/government/p...

📣 New webinar!✨ Join us for "Benzodiazepines/Z-drugs and Opioid Co-use: Research and Recommendations" with the University of Bristol and University of Bath 📅 28 November 2025 🕘 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 📍 Online via Teams Sign up here:

📣 Street Drugs Discussions: Women and Drugs ✨ Drug Science is holding a webinar on 'Women and Drugs' on Friday 24 October 2025 to discuss women's drug use and current gaps in research Free registration here: buff.ly/89viXb7

Applications are now open for the next intake of Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government Clinical Academic Fellowships. Find out more about the scheme, and apply by midday on Wednesday 19 November 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/clinical-academic-fellowship-now-open-for-applications/

We're recruiting for a new CEO! You will be the driving force behind our mission to reduce alcohol harm and improve lives across Scotland and beyond. Find out more and apply ⬇️ www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/about-vacanc...

🍃 Green threads - Weaving stories of nature and recovery ✨ New film from Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research shares the success stories of people who have used nature in their recovery from substance use. Project led by University of Stirling. Full video: buff.ly/q17qOES

🌟We're hiring! Communications Officer FT 37.5 hours £34,043 – £38,824 Closes 17 October 2025 Are you passionate about bringing people, services & organisations together to create a mental health system powered by lived experience? scottishrecovery.net/were-looking...

📣 Call for papers!✨ Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy Journal has opened a call for manuscripts for a special issue on: Including lived experience in substance use research Submit an abstract by 31 October 2025 More info here:

🌟 We’re looking for a Communications Officer to join our team! Full time (37.5 hours) £34,043 – £38,824 Are you passionate about bringing people, services & organisations together to create a mental health system powered by lived experience? scottishrecovery.net/were-looking...

Applications are now open for the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government's NHS Researcher Development Fellowship. The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 17 December 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/fellowship-funding/csonhsrdf/

📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support Scotland-based early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research. Applications will remain open until allocated funding has been awarded 📝 Apply here: buff.ly/J1tVKbe

☕️SHAAP's latest media monitor is here🥳 Read the latest #AlcoholNews and #AlcoholResearch from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and around the 🌎 Read here: mailchi.mp/rcpe/shaap-m... Subscribe: shaap.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Spending the morning at the @stir.ac.uk at this great @drnscot.bsky.social event on young people and substance use. A great line up which includes presentations from @sacasrstir.bsky.social former colleagues!

🔊Don't miss our next Alcohol Occasional with @sarnalcohol.bsky.social ! Register now for the upcoming seminar on Scotland's first Managed Alcohol Programme. 12.45 - 2pm, Mon 1 Sep 2025, online 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol-oc...

💜International Overdose Awareness Day – 31 August 2025 💜 NALOXONE TRAINING 📅 Friday 29 August 2025 🕧 12:30pm – 2:00pm 📍 The Salvation Army, Port Glasgow King Street

Woop woop getting to hear this in presentation form from the very talented Danilo Falzon, @sacasrstir.bsky.social Research Assistant and @socscinapier.bsky.social PhD student!

📣 Rapid Review by Danilo Falzon is now live!✨ Preventing Substance Use-Related Harms Among Young People in Scotland: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Systems Solutions Read the review here: buff.ly/Z5qmpte

🚨 New RADAR alert re nitazines and synthetic opioids detected in Scotland’s unregulated drug supply. 👉 Read more about increasing availability, rising harms, and continuing concern. publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/au...

We've published findings from a survey of nearly 500 people from across Scotland with experience of using drugs as part of the evaluation of the National Mission on Drugs In our guest blog, @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social explain how it was carried out🔽 www.publichealthscotland.scot/our-blog/202...

The report shows drug-related harms are higher compared to the previous quarter and highlights the serious impact of a rapidly evolving, toxic and unpredictable drug supply. 📊 Our infographics share some of the key figures. View the full report 🔽 publichealthscotland.scot/publications...

Our latest RADAR quarterly report shows increased levels of drug-related harm across Scotland, underlining the need for continued action. 📺 Hear from Dr Tara Shivaji, Consultant in Public Health at Public Health Scotland and Lead of RADAR. More info 🔽 publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/ju...