A leading drugs expert believes people are increasingly “self-treating” mental health problems with psychedelics, while research suggests large numbers would engage with treatments if they were made available in clinical settings.
Two men caught trafficking cocaine in Aberdeen have been jailed for a total of eight years.
Cocaine use in Scotland has soared in the past five years, new figures show, while heroin has seen a sustained fall.
A doctor’s organisation has said that serious consideration should be given to decriminalising drug use to help tackle the “national emergency” of drug-related deaths in Scotland.
A yob has been jailed after bringing a knife to a drug meet and stabbing his dealer in the thigh.
Two men have been put behind bars after DNA evidence tied them to thousands of pounds worth of cocaine and heroin.
The families of the Freshwater Five, who were jailed for trying to smuggle 250kg of cocaine into the UK, say there is “a bit of light at the end of the tunnel” as an appeal by two of the men nears its conclusion.
One of the biggest cocaine seizures in recent years has been made in Northern Ireland.
Two men have been arrested following drug raids in Aberdeen.
Dundee's SNP administration has brought forward proposals to reconvene the independent Dundee Drugs Commission, chaired by Robert Peat and has announced its intention to provide additional funding to tackle the drugs scourge.
Dundee's SNP administration has brought forward proposals to reconvene the independent Dundee Drugs Commission, chaired by Robert Peat and has announced its intention to provide additional funding to tackle the drugs scourge.
Scotland has a total of 418 rehabilitation beds available for both drug and alcohol addiction, a survey of treatment services has found.
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people are significantly more likely to suffer poorer mental health or report drug and alcohol misuse compared to heterosexual people, research suggests.
Parental drug and alcohol misuse in Scotland has more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a national charity.
Drug support services will be able to apply for Scottish Government grants that open for applications from Thursday.
Two men have been charged with being concerned with the supply of controlled drugs after police found more than £1,000 of heroin during a raid in an area of Aberdeen.
A man has been fined after phoning 999 and telling police he was going to assault another person he'd asked to buy him drugs.
One in ten teenagers have tried hard drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine, a study into the behaviours of Generation Z has found.
A man has been handed a custodial sentence after jumping from a first-floor window of a cannabis factory and breaking his leg when police raided the property.
A woman has been charged by police after nearly £5,000 worth of illegal drugs were found in Buckie.
An axe and a knife are among weapons recovered by police in Aberdeen following a raid.
A jailed drug trafficker who claimed he was saving for a wedding has agreed to surrender pounds more than £2,500 to settle a proceeds of crime action.
A man has been reported to the procurator fiscal after a number of drugs were found following raids in Peterhead and New Pitsligo.
Five people have been charged with alleged drug dealing following a series of raids in Tillydrone.
A man and woman have been charged after nearly £7,000 of drugs were seized in Elgin over the weekend.
Cocaine with a street value of £76 million has been seized after being found in a shipment of bananas at Southampton.
As a Scot leading drug policy reform in the US, Michael Collins jokes that when he first started pushing for decriminalisation he found himself thrown out of offices and unable to get Washington's big beasts to return his calls.
At least £20 million is needed to tackle Scotland’s drug deaths crisis, Scottish Labour’s health spokesperson says, as MSPs debated the issue at Holyrood.
Two people have been charged after heroin and crack cocaine worth £60,000 were seized by British Transport Police.
More than 500 motorists in Scotland were reported for drink and drug-driving offences during the festive period.