In this episode Julie and Austin are joined by Adrienne Hannah as she reflects on her career as she retires from SDF. Over 11.5 years with SDF, Adrienne's work has focused on educating drug services about sexual health and educating sexual hea

‘Changing attitudes and policy through living experience representation’ with Arild Knutsen Part 2

Nov 22nd, 2023 44m 25s

Arild Knutsen is Leader of The Association for Humane Drug Policy in Norway. Arild recently visited Scotland and presented on the role of people who use drugs in helping develop drug policy in Norway at SDF’s International Overdose Day conferen

’Changing attitudes and policy through living experience representation’ with Arild Knutsen Part 1

Nov 8th, 2023 50m 29s

Arild Knutsen is Leader of The Association for Humane Drug Policy, a drug user organisation in Norway.Arild recently visited Scotland and presented at SDF’s International Overdose Day conference. In this episode, Arild joins SDF colleagues, Ja

’Synthetic opioids: real concerns and misconceptions; what Scotland can learn from the US’ with Ryan Marino, MD

Oct 4th, 2023 46m 45s

Ryan Marino, MD works in emergency room medicine in Ohio where he encounters the people victimised by America’s opioid overdose crisis. Meanwhile, he fights the myths and ignorance that hinder efforts to address that crisis and specifically syn

Building an Inclusive Workforce

Mar 2nd, 2023 55m 21s

Drugs Uncut is back! In this episode we are joined by Scottish Drugs Forum’s Louise Aitken and Chris Messenger and discuss employment and training and the Addiction Worker Training Project.The project has recently seen changes and has received

'Preservation of Life: Police Scotland and the carriage of naloxone' with Assistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie

Aug 25th, 2021 1h 2m

In this episode we are joined by Police Scotland's Assistant Chief Constable for Partnership, Prevention and Community Wellbeing, Gary Ritchie to discuss Police Scotland's pilot test of change project which sees officers carrying intranasal nal

'From then to now: HIV, heroin and harm reduction in Scotland' with Dr Roy Robertson

Dec 17th, 2020 58m 15s

Dr Roy Robertson has worked as a GP in Edinburgh since 1980, where he was at the forefront of identifying and taking steps to address the emerging dual public health crises of HIV and injecting heroin use. He is also Professor of Addiction Medi

'Irn Bru and Mars Bars - Researching drug-related issues' with Dr Andrew McAuley

Jun 29th, 2020 50m

Dr Andrew McAuley is currently Senior Epidemiologist within the Blood Borne Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections team at NHS Public Health Scotland where he has a lead role for projects involving people who inject drugs. In this episode,

'Has COVID-19 prompted real action on homelessness?' with Hugh Hill

Jun 2nd, 2020 38m 46s

As a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, street homelessness in Scotland was almost eradicated overnight through the use of hotels to accommodate people who have been rough sleeping.In this episode, we are joined by Hugh Hill, Director of Se

'Recognising Burnout' for Mental Health Awareness Week with Katy MacLeod

May 22nd, 2020 30m 50s

Mental Health Awareness Week is held every year in May to highlight issues relating to mental health and wellbeing - things that are particularly pertinent during the current COVID-19 lockdown.This year, the theme is kindness. Being kind to o

'Harm reduction disruption' with Sophie Given

May 18th, 2020 29m 45s

The COVID-19 lockdown has led to harm reduction services having to adapt to find ways of maintaining provision and support to people who rely on them.In this episode, the second looking at responses to the outbreak, we are joined by Sophie G

‘Sprint to Marathon: Delivering services under lockdown’ with David Liddell

Apr 24th, 2020 34m 16s

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought much of the world to a halt, but people continue to need vital support with their substance use.In this episode, the first of a series looking at responses to the outbreak, we are joined by Scottish Drugs Fo

'Voices of value' with Jason Wallace

Feb 3rd, 2020 1h 9m

There is an expectation that services and planners include people in decisions that directly affect their lives. So why does this rarely happen when decisions are being made that affect people who are experiencing drug problems?This is now one

'Heroin-assisted treatment - New service, new hope' with Danny Ahmed and Dr Carole Hunter

Dec 24th, 2019 1h

The new 'Enhanced Drug Treatment Service' in Glasgow has opened it's doors and offers Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) - the prescribing and distribution of injectable diamorphine - as one of it's main provisions.In this episode, we talk about

'The task ahead' with Professor Catriona Matheson

Nov 27th, 2019 1h 8m

In this episode we discuss the Scottish Government's 'Drug Deaths Taskforce' that has been convened in response to the worsening drug overdose crisis that is currently enveloping Scotland.We hear from Professor Catriona Matheson, Chair of the

'Connections during crisis' with Garth Mullins, Canadian drug user activist

Oct 14th, 2019 54m 15s

In this episode we sit down with Garth Mullins, an award-winning radio documentarian, 'Crackdown' podcast host and drug user activist from Canada.Garth spoke at our 'Connections During Crisis' conference where he talked about his experience of