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A PROPOSAL to increase the minimum unit price of alcohol in Scotland by 15 pence has been welcomed by Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart. The proposal is part of a Scottish Government consultation on the minimum unit pricing (MUP) legislation. The aim of setting a minimum alcohol...
A PIONEERING new study on young people’s attitudes to alcohol and drugs in Shetland has highlighted the wider culture, peer pressure, lack of opportunities and stigma as key factors around substance use. More than 200 young people, aged between 14 and 26, took part in the...
A CANDLE lighting event will take place in Lerwick this evening (Thursday) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. The event will be held at the flower park between 8pm and 10pm, and it will offer people the chance to light a candle to remember those who have died as a...
RESEARCH is being carried out with the aim of establishing what the drugs and alcohol culture is like for young people in Shetland - and what health officials and organisations can do in response. The peer research is fully youth led, and it is being steered by the OPEN Project...
NHS Shetland’s alcohol and drug development officer says the conclusions of a new report on the impact of minimum unit pricing (MUP) are “encouraging” - but she added that it is difficult to say how the initiative has affected local people. Wendy McConnachie said it was...
A PIECE of work is underway to understand the gap in support for children and young people in Shetland affected by someone else’s substance use. NHS Shetland’s alcohol and drug development officer Wendy McConnachie said it is “unclear if that gap is in terms of a whole...
“EACH one of those people are somebody’s somebody, so one death is one too many, because they are preventable.” That is the message from NHS Shetland’s alcohol and drug development officer Wendy McConnachie after figures were published last week on drug-related deaths....
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