Responding to Stimulant Use

(December 2024)

If you missed the webinar you can catch up on the content:

• Watch the webinar recording
• Access the 'Treatments for stimulant use disorder – a rapid review for policy makers and practitioners'
• Access the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Cocaine Toolkit
• View the slides 

This event focused on responding to stimulant use and explored:

• ‘Treatments for stimulant use disorder – a rapid review for policy makers and practitioners’, published by Drugs Research Network Scotland
• Managing cocaine use with co-occurring opiate dependence in Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service and the role of the ‘cocaine toolkit’
• Pathways and treatments for people with stimulant use needs in the context of caring for co-occurring conditions

We were joined by the co-authors of the rapid review:

• Dr Lisa Schölin - Research Fellow at College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh and co-convener of the Drugs Research Network Scotland
• Dr Andrew Williams - Senior Lecturer in the School of Health in Social Sciences at University of Edinburgh, co-director for Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP)

We were also joined by:

• Dr Kate Browne, Senior Medical Officer, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services, who presented on ‘Managing cocaine use with co-occurring opiate dependence in Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service and the role of the cocaine toolkit’

And our Clinical Lead for the Mental Health and Substance Use Programme at Healthcare Improvement Scotland;

• Dr Chanpreet Blayney – Consultant Psychiatrist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde