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Drug advice in Lanarkshire

Jul 23, 2019

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National Records of Scotland (published 16 July) has confirmed that 1187 people died of a drugs overdose in Scotland in 2018.  This represents a 27% increase from last year.  Of these deaths 130 people were from Lanarkshire.  These figures are a stark reminder of the harms, dangers and risks associated with illegal drug use.

Gabe Docherty, director of public health, said: “The number of people who have lost their lives due to drug use is tragic and it is crucial that as an organisation, NHS Lanarkshire continues to work collectively and collaboratively with other partners to ensure that we are supporting and treating those affected by substance misuse and the wider root causes of addiction.

“NHS Lanarkshire has a number of services and initiatives in place which look at reducing the number of deaths by substance misuse, which include outreach services, providing harm reduction measures and overdose awareness, implemented by the Health and Social Care Partnerships’ addictions team.”

There are a number of services in Lanarkshire that provide advice and support for anyone who is worried about their own or someone else’s drug use.

Local Drug and Alcohol Services
ADDACTION  Telephone 0800 599 9774  https://www.addaction.org.uk/services/south-lanarkshire-addaction
Addiction Recovery Team (ART)      Telephone 01698 403535
https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5115
Community Addiction Recovery Service (CAReS)  Telephone 01698 368711
http://www.scottishdrugservices.com/Home/Details/206
Landed Peer Education Service    Telephone  01698 269872
http://www.landed.info/
Liber8 – Drug and Alcohol Service  Telephone 01698 825114
https://liber8.org.uk/index.php?id=5
Phoenix Futures    Telephone 01236 425338 or 01236 426385
https://www.phoenix-futures.org.uk/building-futures-north-lanarkshire
Scottish Drugs Services
http://www.scottishdrugservices.com/

Other useful websites
https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/
http://www.sdf.org.uk/
https://www.talktofrank.com/

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