Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS)
@drnscot.bsky.social
A collaboration between academics, service providers, experts by experience and policy makers to facilitate knowledge exchange of drugs research.
📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support Scotland-based early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research.
Applications will remain open until allocated funding has been awarded
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/J1tVKbe
Applications will remain open until allocated funding has been awarded
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/J1tVKbe
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support Scotland-based early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research.
Applications will remain open until allocated funding has been awarded
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/J1tVKbe
Applications will remain open until allocated funding has been awarded
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/J1tVKbe
📣 Rapid Review by Danilo Falzon is now live!✨
Preventing Substance Use-Related Harms Among Young People in Scotland: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Systems Solutions
Read the review here: buff.ly/Z5qmpte
Preventing Substance Use-Related Harms Among Young People in Scotland: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Systems Solutions
Read the review here: buff.ly/Z5qmpte
August 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
📣 Rapid Review by Danilo Falzon is now live!✨
Preventing Substance Use-Related Harms Among Young People in Scotland: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Systems Solutions
Read the review here: buff.ly/Z5qmpte
Preventing Substance Use-Related Harms Among Young People in Scotland: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Systems Solutions
Read the review here: buff.ly/Z5qmpte
🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED
📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research.
📅 Applications close Friday 27th June 2025
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/gmcuxbm
📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research.
📅 Applications close Friday 27th June 2025
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/gmcuxbm
June 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED
📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research.
📅 Applications close Friday 27th June 2025
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/gmcuxbm
📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research.
📅 Applications close Friday 27th June 2025
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/gmcuxbm
🗣️ We've published a summary from our "Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research" event — a deep dive into experiences and practices of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in research in Scotland.
Full report here: buff.ly/zCM8bpB
Full report here: buff.ly/zCM8bpB
May 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🗣️ We've published a summary from our "Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research" event — a deep dive into experiences and practices of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in research in Scotland.
Full report here: buff.ly/zCM8bpB
Full report here: buff.ly/zCM8bpB
📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research.
📅 Applications close Friday 20th June 2025
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/gmcuxbm
📅 Applications close Friday 20th June 2025
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/gmcuxbm
May 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📣 We are offering bursaries (up to £300) to support early career researchers and PhD students to attend or present at conferences related to drugs research.
📅 Applications close Friday 20th June 2025
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/gmcuxbm
📅 Applications close Friday 20th June 2025
📝 Apply here: buff.ly/gmcuxbm
📣 Just 1 more week until "Mothers and Substance Use"✨
📅 22 May 2025
🕘 10:00 - 13:00
📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh or Online
Sign up here: buff.ly/IibjGN5
Programme below⬇️
📅 22 May 2025
🕘 10:00 - 13:00
📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh or Online
Sign up here: buff.ly/IibjGN5
Programme below⬇️
May 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📣 Just 1 more week until "Mothers and Substance Use"✨
📅 22 May 2025
🕘 10:00 - 13:00
📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh or Online
Sign up here: buff.ly/IibjGN5
Programme below⬇️
📅 22 May 2025
🕘 10:00 - 13:00
📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh or Online
Sign up here: buff.ly/IibjGN5
Programme below⬇️
📣 We’re inviting poster abstract submissions for our 2025 Annual Conference!✨
We will print and bring the posters to the venue! Submit your abstract to mcalnan@ed.ac.uk
Full details below⬇️
We will print and bring the posters to the venue! Submit your abstract to mcalnan@ed.ac.uk
Full details below⬇️
May 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📣 We’re inviting poster abstract submissions for our 2025 Annual Conference!✨
We will print and bring the posters to the venue! Submit your abstract to mcalnan@ed.ac.uk
Full details below⬇️
We will print and bring the posters to the venue! Submit your abstract to mcalnan@ed.ac.uk
Full details below⬇️
🌟 We’re excited to announce the first speaker for our upcoming event on Mothers and Substance Use — Dr. Miriam Boeri!
📅 22 May 2025
🕘 10:00 - 13:00
📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh or Online
Registration➡️ buff.ly/CQSgQPG
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk if there are issues registering on Eventbrite
📅 22 May 2025
🕘 10:00 - 13:00
📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh or Online
Registration➡️ buff.ly/CQSgQPG
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk if there are issues registering on Eventbrite
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🌟 We’re excited to announce the first speaker for our upcoming event on Mothers and Substance Use — Dr. Miriam Boeri!
📅 22 May 2025
🕘 10:00 - 13:00
📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh or Online
Registration➡️ buff.ly/CQSgQPG
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk if there are issues registering on Eventbrite
📅 22 May 2025
🕘 10:00 - 13:00
📍 Hybrid: Edinburgh or Online
Registration➡️ buff.ly/CQSgQPG
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk if there are issues registering on Eventbrite
📣 We are excited to announce our next conference keynote speaker: Dr. Rob Calder, Chief Executive Officer of the Society for the Study of Addiction. @robcalder.bsky.social
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
➡️ Registration: buff.ly/MqF422x
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
➡️ Registration: buff.ly/MqF422x
April 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
📣 We are excited to announce our next conference keynote speaker: Dr. Rob Calder, Chief Executive Officer of the Society for the Study of Addiction. @robcalder.bsky.social
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
➡️ Registration: buff.ly/MqF422x
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
➡️ Registration: buff.ly/MqF422x
🎞️ We’re excited to launch a three-part video series on Peer Research, delivered through Phase II of DRNS at the University of Stirling 🎥
📺 Watch the full series here: buff.ly/FjtQieM
📺 Watch the full series here: buff.ly/FjtQieM
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🎞️ We’re excited to launch a three-part video series on Peer Research, delivered through Phase II of DRNS at the University of Stirling 🎥
📺 Watch the full series here: buff.ly/FjtQieM
📺 Watch the full series here: buff.ly/FjtQieM
🚨 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSES TODAY!
📅 Final reminder- the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close today, Friday 21 March 2025
Details on the call below⬇️
buff.ly/S61HKoX
Register for conference: buff.ly/Oun8lqw
📅 Final reminder- the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close today, Friday 21 March 2025
Details on the call below⬇️
buff.ly/S61HKoX
Register for conference: buff.ly/Oun8lqw
March 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚨 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSES TODAY!
📅 Final reminder- the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close today, Friday 21 March 2025
Details on the call below⬇️
buff.ly/S61HKoX
Register for conference: buff.ly/Oun8lqw
📅 Final reminder- the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close today, Friday 21 March 2025
Details on the call below⬇️
buff.ly/S61HKoX
Register for conference: buff.ly/Oun8lqw
📣 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSING SOON!
📅 Reminder the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close this Friday 21 March 2025
Details on the call below⬇️
buff.ly/f2gscfQ
Register for conference: buff.ly/MWkHTvj
📅 Reminder the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close this Friday 21 March 2025
Details on the call below⬇️
buff.ly/f2gscfQ
Register for conference: buff.ly/MWkHTvj
March 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📣 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSING SOON!
📅 Reminder the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close this Friday 21 March 2025
Details on the call below⬇️
buff.ly/f2gscfQ
Register for conference: buff.ly/MWkHTvj
📅 Reminder the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference will close this Friday 21 March 2025
Details on the call below⬇️
buff.ly/f2gscfQ
Register for conference: buff.ly/MWkHTvj
📣 We are excited to announce the first of our conference speakers!
🏛️ Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP, will open our Annual Conference to share insights from the Scottish Government.
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
➡️ Registration: buff.ly/MqF422x
🏛️ Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP, will open our Annual Conference to share insights from the Scottish Government.
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
➡️ Registration: buff.ly/MqF422x
March 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📣 We are excited to announce the first of our conference speakers!
🏛️ Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP, will open our Annual Conference to share insights from the Scottish Government.
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
➡️ Registration: buff.ly/MqF422x
🏛️ Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP, will open our Annual Conference to share insights from the Scottish Government.
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
➡️ Registration: buff.ly/MqF422x
📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨
The call for abstracts for our 2025 Annual Conference will now close on Friday 21 March 2025
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk your submission by 21 March 2025 📅
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/f2gscfQ
Register for conference: buff.ly/8oC6ZPU
The call for abstracts for our 2025 Annual Conference will now close on Friday 21 March 2025
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk your submission by 21 March 2025 📅
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/f2gscfQ
Register for conference: buff.ly/8oC6ZPU
March 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨
The call for abstracts for our 2025 Annual Conference will now close on Friday 21 March 2025
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk your submission by 21 March 2025 📅
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/f2gscfQ
Register for conference: buff.ly/8oC6ZPU
The call for abstracts for our 2025 Annual Conference will now close on Friday 21 March 2025
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk your submission by 21 March 2025 📅
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/f2gscfQ
Register for conference: buff.ly/8oC6ZPU
📢 The call for applications for our evidence briefing will close next week, Monday 10 March 2025!📢
📝 Topic: Drugs and young people
📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 10th March 2025
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your brief to admin@drns.ac.uk
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/3Qh20TZ
📝 Topic: Drugs and young people
📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 10th March 2025
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your brief to admin@drns.ac.uk
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/3Qh20TZ
March 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📢 The call for applications for our evidence briefing will close next week, Monday 10 March 2025!📢
📝 Topic: Drugs and young people
📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 10th March 2025
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your brief to admin@drns.ac.uk
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/3Qh20TZ
📝 Topic: Drugs and young people
📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 10th March 2025
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your brief to admin@drns.ac.uk
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/3Qh20TZ
Call for abstracts for our 2025 Annual Conference will close this Friday!📣
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk your submission by 7 March 2025 📅
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/LxHMxIR
Register for conference: buff.ly/41HrxN2
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk your submission by 7 March 2025 📅
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/LxHMxIR
Register for conference: buff.ly/41HrxN2
March 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Call for abstracts for our 2025 Annual Conference will close this Friday!📣
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk your submission by 7 March 2025 📅
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/LxHMxIR
Register for conference: buff.ly/41HrxN2
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk your submission by 7 March 2025 📅
Details below⬇️
buff.ly/LxHMxIR
Register for conference: buff.ly/41HrxN2
📢 Call for Applications: Evidence Briefing 📢
We’re commissioning an evidence briefing on the topic of drugs and young people.
📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 10th March 2025
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your brief to admin@drns.ac.uk
Details below⬇️
https://buff.ly/3Qh20TZ
We’re commissioning an evidence briefing on the topic of drugs and young people.
📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 10th March 2025
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your brief to admin@drns.ac.uk
Details below⬇️
https://buff.ly/3Qh20TZ
February 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📢 Call for Applications: Evidence Briefing 📢
We’re commissioning an evidence briefing on the topic of drugs and young people.
📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 10th March 2025
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your brief to admin@drns.ac.uk
Details below⬇️
https://buff.ly/3Qh20TZ
We’re commissioning an evidence briefing on the topic of drugs and young people.
📅 Deadline: 5 pm on 10th March 2025
💰 Funding: Up to £1,000
📩 Send your brief to admin@drns.ac.uk
Details below⬇️
https://buff.ly/3Qh20TZ
Just a few weeks away from the next webinar, "The Power of Data Linkage"
📅 27 February 2025
🕘 10:00 - 12:00
📍 Online via Teams
Register here: https://buff.ly/4gqLL2a
Presentations announced below⬇️
📅 27 February 2025
🕘 10:00 - 12:00
📍 Online via Teams
Register here: https://buff.ly/4gqLL2a
Presentations announced below⬇️
January 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just a few weeks away from the next webinar, "The Power of Data Linkage"
📅 27 February 2025
🕘 10:00 - 12:00
📍 Online via Teams
Register here: https://buff.ly/4gqLL2a
Presentations announced below⬇️
📅 27 February 2025
🕘 10:00 - 12:00
📍 Online via Teams
Register here: https://buff.ly/4gqLL2a
Presentations announced below⬇️
We have stalls here from @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social
Scottish Recovery Consortium & Turning Point Scotland
Scottish Recovery Consortium & Turning Point Scotland
January 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We have stalls here from @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social
Scottish Recovery Consortium & Turning Point Scotland
Scottish Recovery Consortium & Turning Point Scotland
We’re excited to be in Edinburgh for today’s event🌟
“Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakehokders in Research”
Including a presentation from @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social
“Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakehokders in Research”
Including a presentation from @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We’re excited to be in Edinburgh for today’s event🌟
“Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakehokders in Research”
Including a presentation from @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social
“Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakehokders in Research”
Including a presentation from @scottishdrugsforum.bsky.social
📣 Abstract submission for our 2025 Annual Conference is now open!
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk with your submissions by 7th March 2025
Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G
Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Details below⬇️
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk with your submissions by 7th March 2025
Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G
Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Details below⬇️
January 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📣 Abstract submission for our 2025 Annual Conference is now open!
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk with your submissions by 7th March 2025
Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G
Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Details below⬇️
📥 Email mcalnan@ed.ac.uk with your submissions by 7th March 2025
Abstract guidelines: https://buff.ly/4gf7c5G
Register for conference: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Details below⬇️
Free sign up for our 2025 Annual Conference is now live!
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee
Register here: https://buff.ly/3WqgIvy
More details coming soon!✨
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee
Register here: https://buff.ly/3WqgIvy
More details coming soon!✨
January 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Free sign up for our 2025 Annual Conference is now live!
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee
Register here: https://buff.ly/3WqgIvy
More details coming soon!✨
📅 5 June 2025
📍 Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee
Register here: https://buff.ly/3WqgIvy
More details coming soon!✨
The agenda for our next event, "Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research " is now available✨
📅 29 January 2025
🕘 12:00 - 3:00 PM
📍 Edinburgh
Free sign up here: https://buff.ly/3WnbsZG
We hope to see you there!
📅 29 January 2025
🕘 12:00 - 3:00 PM
📍 Edinburgh
Free sign up here: https://buff.ly/3WnbsZG
We hope to see you there!
January 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The agenda for our next event, "Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research " is now available✨
📅 29 January 2025
🕘 12:00 - 3:00 PM
📍 Edinburgh
Free sign up here: https://buff.ly/3WnbsZG
We hope to see you there!
📅 29 January 2025
🕘 12:00 - 3:00 PM
📍 Edinburgh
Free sign up here: https://buff.ly/3WnbsZG
We hope to see you there!
New Blog Post✨
"Why we need EmPATH – a novel psychiatric emergency response to Scotland’s mental health and substance use crises" by Dr. Jane Grassie
Read here➡️ https://buff.ly/40EEuW7
"Why we need EmPATH – a novel psychiatric emergency response to Scotland’s mental health and substance use crises" by Dr. Jane Grassie
Read here➡️ https://buff.ly/40EEuW7
January 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New Blog Post✨
"Why we need EmPATH – a novel psychiatric emergency response to Scotland’s mental health and substance use crises" by Dr. Jane Grassie
Read here➡️ https://buff.ly/40EEuW7
"Why we need EmPATH – a novel psychiatric emergency response to Scotland’s mental health and substance use crises" by Dr. Jane Grassie
Read here➡️ https://buff.ly/40EEuW7
Our next event is just a few weeks away!
Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research
📅 29 January 2025
🕑 12:00-15:00
📍Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh
Details & sign up here: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research
📅 29 January 2025
🕑 12:00-15:00
📍Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh
Details & sign up here: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
January 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our next event is just a few weeks away!
Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research
📅 29 January 2025
🕑 12:00-15:00
📍Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh
Details & sign up here: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2
Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research
📅 29 January 2025
🕑 12:00-15:00
📍Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh
Details & sign up here: https://buff.ly/41HrxN2