Project
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Funded by CORRA Foundation.
Collaboration with CREW, Edinburgh Napier University and NHS Tayside.
Drug checking services provide the opportunity for members of the public (and potentially services working with people who use drugs) to anonymously submit psychoactive drug samples for forensic analysis and subsequently receive individualised feedback of results alongside appropriate harm reduction information. The primary aim and purpose of this project is to create a programme of work to research, and plan/prepare for delivery of, drug checking projects in Scotland. Primary data are being collected through semi-structured interviews with a range of stakeholders across Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow. A realist systematic review is also being conducted to synthesise the research evidence on drug checking and identify what works, for whom, in what circumstances.
Total award value £300,081.33
Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Associate Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
Associate Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology
Article
Carver H, Falzon D, Masterton W, Wallace B, Aston EV, Measham F, Hunter C, Sumnall H, Gittins R, Raeburn F, Craik V, Priyadarshi S, Rothney L, Weir K & Parkes T (2023) 'It’s not going to be a one size fits all': a qualitative exploration of the potential utility of three drug checking service models in Scotland. Harm Reduction Journal, 20, Art. No.: 94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00830-w
Article
Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions
Falzon D, Aston EV, Carver H, Masterton W, Wallace B, Sumnall H, Measham F, Fletcher E, Gittins R, Priyadarshi S & Parkes T (2022) Challenges for drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration of police perceptions. Harm Reduction Journal, 19, Art. No.: 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00686-6
Review
Masterton W, Falzon D, Burton G, Carver H, Wallace B, Aston EV, Sumnall H, Measham F, Gittins R, Craik V, Schofield J, Little S & Parkes T (2022) A Realist Review of How Community-Based Drug Checking Services Could Be Designed and Implemented to Promote Engagement of People Who Use Drugs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (19), Art. No.: 11960. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911960