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An application is made for a service in Aberdeen aimed at saving the lives of illegal substance users.

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More than 1,000 safe injecting kits handed out across Aberdeen © Alcohol and Drugs Action 1,000 safe-injecting kits have been handed out by Alcohol and Drugs Action in a door-to-door service to ensure drug users still have access to clean equipment. A total of 1,000 safe injecting equipment kits have been distributed door-to-door across Aberdeen. Alcohol and Drugs Action (ADA), based on the city’s Hadden Street, established a door-to-door needle exchange service in March last year. Called Sharp Response, it aims to ensure that drug users continue to have access to clean equipment, reducing...

Aberdeen alcohol and drug recovery charities urge people to stay safe over festive season © DCT Media/Chris Sumner Simon Pringle. Two Aberdeen charities supporting people with drug and alcohol problems have issued advice on staying safe during the festive season. In a joint message, they said: “We are certainly not in the business of telling others what to do nor do we make judgements on their behaviour. “This is not what we are about and if we were to do so we would be going against the recovery principle of ‘respecting the individual’s right of accountability and choice’ that we ...