Simon Community Scotland, Public Health Scotland. (2025) How to save a life: emergency response to a drug overdose, and harm reduction advice. Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.
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An overdose occurs when there is too much of a drug (or drugs) in the body at one time. Overdoses are medical emergencies that can be life threatening.
Item Type
FactSheet
Publication Type
International
Drug Type
All substances, CNS depressants / Sedatives, CNS stimulants, Cocaine, Opioid
Intervention Type
Prevention, Harm reduction
Date
16 April 2025
Pages
8 p.
Publisher
Public Health Scotland
Corporate Creators
Simon Community Scotland, Public Health Scotland
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
EndNote
Subjects
B Substances > Sedatives, hypnotics or tranquillisers (CNS depressants)
B Substances > CNS stimulants > MDMA / Ecstasy
B Substances > Cocaine
B Substances > Opioids (opiates)
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Opioid product > Naloxone
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Benzodiazepines
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Other novel substances > Gabapentinoids GABA (Pregabalin / Gabapentin)
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland
B Substances > CNS stimulants > MDMA / Ecstasy
B Substances > Cocaine
B Substances > Opioids (opiates)
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Opioid product > Naloxone
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Benzodiazepines
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Other novel substances > Gabapentinoids GABA (Pregabalin / Gabapentin)
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland
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