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Public Health Scotland. (2024) Rapid Action Drug Alerts and Response (RADAR) quarterly report. Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.

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The Drugs Team at Public Health Scotland (PHS) has compiled this RADAR quarterly report of drug-related indicators.

The objective of this report is to monitor drug-related harms, service usage and toxicology data, in order to provide an early warning of emerging drug trends and identify actions to reduce and prevent drug harms and deaths.


Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Report
Drug Type
Substances (not alcohol/tobacco), Opioid, New psychoactive substance
Intervention Type
Harm reduction, Screening / Assessment
Date
4 June 2024
Publisher
Public Health Scotland
Corporate Creators
Public Health Scotland
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
EndNote
Subjects
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Opioid product > Naloxone
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Benzodiazepines
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Synthetic opioids > Benzimidazole, Nitazenes, Brorphine
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Pharmacology and toxicology
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Multiple substance use (Poly-drug /Poly-substance)
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution)
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution) > Opioid agonist treatment (methadone maintenance / buprenorphine)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and needs assessment > Risk assessment > Early warning monitoring system
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Identification and screening > Identification and screening for substance use > Drug checking / testing service
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health related issues > Health information and education > Communicable / infectious disease control > Needle syringe distribution and exchange
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Hospital
L Social psychology and related concepts > Waiting for a product or service
P Demography, epidemiology, and history > Population dynamics > Substance related mortality / death
VA Geographic area > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland

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