Health

LETTERS

Disposable vapes are often sold in bright colours and in flavours such as bubblegum, pink lemonade Image: Getty Images

‘Disposable’ vapes are contributing to ticking time bomb on health

Powers over alcohol advertising lie in part with the UK Government

Exclusive 'Frustrating' Scotland does not have full power over alcohol advertising

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The facility is set to be open 365 days a year

First proposed safe drug consumption room location in Scotland revealed

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The current policy of 50p per unit is set to expire next year

Alcohol cost to rise as ministers plan to increase minimum unit price

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Fraser Wilson and Louise Campbell both had their lives saved thanks to a heart transplant

Scottish cousins reveal how heart donors saved both their lives aged just 45

Kate Forbes has opened up about her experience of postnatal depression

Kate Forbes opens up on 'terror' of postnatal depression

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SNP MSP and drugs policy minister Elena Whitham

Three Scottish cities to apply for drug testing facilities, says minister

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Disposable vapes are often sold in bright colours and in flavours such as bubblegum or pink lemonade

EXCLUSIVE Charity boss backs ban on single-use vapes in Scotland

It has been said that the most terrible poverty is loneliness

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: The mystery of loneliness and the song that speaks to it

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After Brexit, the UK was locked out of the fund leading to a haemorrhaging of talent and a halt to crucial projects

EXCLUSIVE Funding loss due to Brexit held back vital dementia and health sciences research

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Photograph from within Peter Krykant's unofficial drug consumption van in Glasgow

EXCLUSIVE Date set for Glasgow drug consumption room crunch talks

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Police mugshot of Lucy Letby at the time of the former Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal nurse being charged in November 2020

Child killer nurse Lucy Letby to appeal against conviction

Irvine Welsh has blamed the high level of drug deaths on Scotland not having control of its own destiny

Irvine Welsh: Drug deaths high because Scotland 'can't control its destiny'

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The new 20mph law comes into effect in Wales on Sunday

Scotland urged to follow Wales and introduce 20mph speed limit

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The UK Government has paid out a total of around £6.9 billion under the emergency loan scheme

UK Government shells out additional £1.2bn on Covid loans

An uplift could help lift more children out of poverty, say campaigners

Increase to Scottish Child Payment to be 'seriously' considered by ministers

Choosing a hair regrowth method is monumental. It calls for thorough research, contemplation, and confidence.

Sponsored Exploring the Evolution of Hair Regrowth: The Pinnacle Site for Tackling Hair Loss

Laura Young said the Internal Market Act could still play a part in a disposable vape ban

Exclusive 'UK plans to ban disposable vapes do not dispel threat of constitutional row'

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Disposable vapes are often sold in bright colours and in flavours such as bubblegum, pink lemonade

Convenience store body calls for more 'nuanced debate' on vaping

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The approach aims to make quality of life, equality, fairness, happiness, and health outcomes that should be given equal weight to economic growth

NEWSLETTER Critics say wellbeing can't be measured - but they are wrong

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Drugs Minister Elena Whitham has explained why a previous drug consumption room bid failed

Previous drug consumption room bid failed because of legal oversight, minister says

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Gillian Mackay raised concerns about the “pervasiveness of these products”.

Scottish Government urged to put disposable vapes 'out of sight' quickly

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A new generation of experts will be trained up

Scottish experts to help present disease-detecting technology at United Nations event

Andrew Tickell explains how the Scottish Government got around Westminster's stubborn refusal to allow such a project

ANALYSIS Andrew Tickell: The legal consequences of Scotland's drug consumption room plan

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The first safe consumption room was opened in Berne, Switzerland in 1986

EXPLAINER What are safe consumption rooms and how do they work?

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Lateral flow tests for Covid-19 should be made free again, an expert has said

Covid tests should be made free again amid new variant spread, infection expert says

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Homeless people consume illegal drugs in an encampment along Willow Street

The Ferret San Francisco’s service offering an open-door policy to drug users inspiring change

Affric Kintail Way

The Long Read Walks on the wild side: Meet the couple who founded Walkhighlands

The study includes data for more than two million women

Taking painkillers while on the pill may lead to risk of blood clots, study shows

Help is available if you are struggling with mental health problems

Slight increase in Scotland’s suicide rates in 2022, figures show

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Millions of lives have been saved by insulin

BACK IN THE DAY Scotland set to celebrate the man who saved lives of millions

An existing ban on the sale of electronic cigarette devices to those under 18 is not widely respected

France to ban disposable vapes under national anti-smoking plan

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Dr Rosena Allin-Khan called out Keir Starmer's approach to mental health

MP quits Labour shadow cabinet with swipe at Keir Starmer

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The V&A design museum in Dundee

V&A Dundee removes Sackler family name from signs over links to opioid crisis

Professor Sam Eljamel

Over 200 patients harmed by Dr Sam Eljamel, campaigner claims

Further strikes are to happen in October

Humza Yousaf offers to help UK Government end junior doctor strikes

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Police officers in Scotland have administered the drug on at least 325 occasions since it was rolled out last year

Police Scotland completes Naloxone roll-out and says lives already saved

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Sam Eljamel 'put patients at risk', a report found

NHS board put patients at risk by ignoring warnings about Eljamel, report finds

Suella Braverman's Home Office dismissed a key recommendation

Home Office rejects cross-party safe consumption rooms call despite major drug report

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Figures released today show alcohol-related deaths are at the highest number since 2008.

Scots campaign seeks to remove alcohol-related deaths stigma

There were 1276 deaths attributed to alcohol-specific causes last year

Number of alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland at highest since 2008

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Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has insisted that decriminalisation will not help tackle drugs deaths

LETTERS Why you should reject Douglas Ross's ignorant view on drugs deaths

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Aamer Anwar, lead solicitor for the Scottish Covid Bereaved group

‘Shambolic': Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry criticised before it begins

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Between 55,000 and 60,000 people in Scotland will have been given an epilepsy diagnosis

COMMENT Mental health of those living with epilepsy must be given greater priority

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Junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line

LETTERS UK offer of 'help' for Scotland's NHS exposed as a cynical game

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Stephen Flynn clashed with Rachael Hamilton on the use of safe consumption rooms

Stephen Flynn clashes with Tory MSP on use of safe consumption rooms

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Child murderer Lucy Letby (left) was used in an attack on the NHS by Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie

EXCLUSIVE Fury as Jackie Baillie draws 'parallels' between Lucy Letby case and Scottish NHS

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Drugs policy minister Elena Whitham cannot be held responsible for a problem decades in the making

Letters Deprivation, criminalisation and stigma will not help solve drug problems

We have no clear explanation for this fall in deaths, but two factors are being suggested

COMMENT 'I’m not going to leave someone to die': The police and drug deaths

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The National fact checks Douglas Ross's decriminalisation claims

FACT CHECK Douglas Ross says drug decriminalisation is 'ridiculous' – he is wrong

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Sight Loss Councils will give more of a voice to blind and partiallly sighted Scots on local and national issues

Launch of Sight Loss Councils in Scotland will amplify voices of blind people

Justina Murray says decriminalisation has been proven to work but it will not be a silver bullet for solving Scotland's drugs crisis on its own

Exclusive 'We don't need to pilot drug decriminalisation, it just needs to happen'

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Humza Youasf said 'there is certainly more work to do' to prevent drug deaths

Humza Yousaf: Credit for drug deaths decrease 'is with campaigners'

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EXCLUSIVE Douglas Ross out of step with global evidence on drug policy, charity warns

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