Drug Trends including synthetic opioids

Building confidence in specialist staff teams who are seeing changes in drug trends among the people they work with, including increased risk of contamination of drug products or increased risk associated with powder/crack cocaine, synthetic opioids and benzodiazepines and how we can amend our engagement skills, increase knowledge and gain confidence in our work.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Greater understanding of current substances in circulation in Scotland and associated harms

2. Increased confidence and skills to work with people drugs, and provide harm reduction advice

Informed Level: The informed level specifies the baseline practice-specific knowledge and skills every worker in the drugs and alcohol sector should be developing upon entering employment. 

If interested in this course, please contact us.