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Empowering Consumers: The Right to Know About Alcohol and Cancer Risk

In our latest blog, Dr Catherine White explains the importance of alcohol health risk labelling and the consumers’ right to know about the links between...

Are you being served? PhD research project exploring alcohol-free nightlife spaces for LGBTQIA+ communities

In our latest blog, Beth Meadows discusses her research into LGBTQIA+ communities and alcohol-free nightlife spaces and explores the potential for these spaces as well...

STIGMA SERIES: See The Individual & Give More Acceptance

In our latest blog, Irene McCusker candidly recounts her son Graeme’s experiences of stigma when receiving care as he struggled with alcohol addiction.  See The Individual & Give More Acceptance...

FASD: Recognising the signs and the risks of pre-natal alcohol exposure

In our latest blog, new SHAAP Steering Group Member Dr Patricia D. Jackson highlights the risks of pre-natal alcohol exposure, describes some key signs of...

STIGMA SERIES: Intersecting Stigmas: Women, homelessness and problem substance use

In our latest blog, Chloe Farmer talks about her experience as a nurse working with vulnerable women, the importance of inclusion health services and how...

STIGMA SERIES: Stigma and Alcohol-Related Brain Damage (ARBD)

In this blog, Leeanne MacPherson and Dr Ben Chetcuti from the NHS mental health, alcohol and drug liaison team in Ayrshire and Arran, share their...

Reflections on the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) Early Career Researcher (ECR) Event: What it meant to me as an ECR

In this blog, Jess writes about her experience attending SARN events as an ECR, and shares a preview of the findings from her research on...

JUSTICE SERIES: Glasgow’s Alcohol Problem Solving Court

In this blog, Sheriff Iain Fleming gives an overview of the Glasgow Alcohol Problem Solving Court, which aims to assist those who have regularly offended while...

JUSTICE SERIES: The power of community in recovery: Strengthening alcohol support across Scotland’s criminal justice system

In our latest blog, Josh D shares his lived experience of alcoholism and recovery to highlight the importance of recognising Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a...

STIGMA SERIES: Beyond Stigma: Understanding and Using Human Rights in Recovery

In our latest blog, Tom Bennett, Rights in Recovery Development Officer at the Scottish Recovery Consortium (SRC), discusses the importance of overcoming stigma to understand...

Delivering advice to reduce drinking in dental practice settings

In our latest blog, Dr Andrea Mohan discusses her latest research on the role of dental professionals in delivering Alcohol Brief Interventions.  Would you expect...

“Outta sight, outta mind?”. What do the public and professional stakeholders think about alcohol policy?

Dr Elena D. Dimova from the Substance Use Research Group at Glasgow Caledonian University writes about her latest research exploring public and professional stakeholders’ opinions on...