Drugs Research Network Scotland

A collaboration between academics, service providers, experts by experience and policy makers to facilitate knowledge exchange of drugs research.

[Drugs Research Network Scotland @DRNScot]

📣 Our next webinar is less than a week away! Sign up below⬇️

The RUFUS Trial: Could the Benzodiazepine Antidote Flumazenil be used Safely and Effectively Pre-hospital?

📅 5 May 2026
🕚️ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
📍 Online via Teams

🎟️ Register here: https://t.co/n7yHx5B4Cy

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📣 We held a webinar on 5 May 2026, presented by Prof Michael Eddleston on the RUFUS study and its exploration of flumazenil as a potential treatment for suspected benzodiazepine overdose in emergency settings.

📹️ Watch the full webinar here: https://t.co/liE0oUF7XU

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📣 Our next webinar is a couple weeks away!

The RUFUS Trial: Could the Benzodiazepine Antidote Flumazenil be used Safely and Effectively Pre-hospital?

📅 5 May 2026
🕚️ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
📍 Online via Teams

🎟️ Register here: https://t.co/n7yHx5B4Cy

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📣 New blog post!✍️

🗣️ The Ceasefire is Over: Documentation of a Mass Overdose Event on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES)
by Graeme Strachan

💻️ Read the full blog here: https://t.co/73YjBHRDCh

[Drugs Research Network Scotland @DRNScot]

📣 New Webinar!

The RUFUS Trial: Could the Benzodiazepine Antidote Flumazenil be used Safely and Effectively Pre-hospital?

📅 5 May 2026
🕚️ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
📍 Online via Teams

🎟️ Register here: https://t.co/iiA78iPzRs

[Drugs Research Network Scotland @DRNScot]

📣 New blog post!

👥 Meeting People Where They Are: Reflections from the RCGP Addiction Conference
by Sophie Given

📰 Read the blog post here: https://t.co/MpI7Ie45x0

[Drugs Research Network Scotland @DRNScot]

📰 New blog post!

✨️ Adventures in Addiction Science: Insights and Innovations from the SSA PhD Symposium and Conference 2025
by Kristina Hnízdilová

💻️ Read the blog here: https://t.co/RqgjFDWbSj

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📣 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSING TOMORROW

📅 Submit to [email protected] by 13th March 2026
✨ Details here: https://t.co/a382KRI2kt

👥 Annual Conference 2026: Developments in Harm Reduction
📅 4 June 2026
📍 Glasgow Caledonian University
🎟️ WAITLIST: https://t.co/7nF0gsGdEr

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📹 Missed our webinar? The recording is now online!

👥 On 4 March, Dr. Richard Lowrie from the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health discussed reducing overdose and drug deaths in people facing homelessness.

🎥 Watch the recording here: https://t.co/zeOBv6h1bd

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📣 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED

📅 Submit to [email protected] by 13th March 2026
✨ Details here: https://t.co/mGC5Tzt5F4

👥 Annual Conference 2026: Developments in Harm Reduction
📅 4 June 2026
📍 Glasgow Caledonian University
🎟️ WAITLIST: https://t.co/7nF0gsGdEr

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📣 Call for abstracts closes 7 March 2026!
Details: https://t.co/B3bjofw5sM

✨ Annual Conference 2026: Developments in Harm Reduction
📅 4 June 2026
📍 Glasgow Caledonian University
🗣️ keynotes from Dr Chelsea Shover & Prof Catherine Comiskey
🎟️ WAITLIST: https://t.co/7nF0gsGdEr

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📣 2 WEEKS AWAY

Reducing Overdose and Drug Deaths in People Facing Homelessness and Other Disadvantages

👥 in collaboration with the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health

📅 4 March 2026
🕘 11:00 - 12:00
📍 Online via Teams

Registration: https://t.co/d2BCLT4doX

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📣 NEW EVENT✨

Reducing Overdose and Drug Deaths in People Facing Homelessness and Other Disadvantages

👥 in collaboration with the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health

📅 4 March 2026
🕘 11:00 - 12:00
📍 Online via Teams

Registration: https://t.co/kz5i9MWzJ2

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✨ Click the link below to watch the recording of the webinar: Benzodiazepines/Z-drugs and Opioid Co-use: Research and Recommendations

https://t.co/xmApngqyW3

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📣 NEW BLOG

✨ Helping people to live and survive co-use of benzodiazepines/z-drugs and opioids: the importance of asking how and why people co-use
👥 Gabriele Vojt, Joanna Kesten, Jennifer Scott, Hannah Family, on behalf of the Benzo Opioid study team

https://t.co/jysjCJXbBX

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✨ Annual Conference 2026: Developments in Harm Reduction

📅 4th June 2026
📍 Glasgow Caledonian University

🗣️ keynotes from Dr Chelsea Shover & Prof Catherine Comiskey

🎟️ REGISTER: https://t.co/cz5x9ud5vx

📣 Call for abstracts: https://t.co/18RHUlyq5P
Deadline: 7th March

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📢 Call for Applications: Evidence Briefing 📢

We’re commissioning an evidence briefing on the topic of ketamine

📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 6th February 2026
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your proposal to [email protected]

More details and proposal form⬇️
https://t.co/IsXUg0uEyB

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FUNDING: NIHR Postdoctoral Award 🚀

📅 Deadline: 16 Dec 2025, 1pm

This award provides funding for researchers with a PhD to help develop their research career across a range of postdoc career stages.

For details, including eligibility & how to apply:
https://t.co/i4WwFxGuCR

[NHS Research Scotland @NHSResearchScot]

Applications are being invited by @NRS_PCN for its Researcher Development Fellowship, supporting GPs to build a clinical academic career. @CSO_Scotland

Read more and apply 🔗 https://t.co/kH0psAqOb2

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✨ One week to go 📣

Benzodiazepines/Z-drugs and Opioid Co-use: Research and Recommendations Webinar
-in collaboration with University of Bristol and University of Bath

📅 28 November 2025
🕘 11:00 AM
📍 Online via Teams

Register here: https://t.co/jokhp8Ar6S