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Understanding Alcohol in the Pandemic

By Dr Peter Rice, Steering Group Chair, SHAAP In the third week of March 2020 I went to the supermarket at the height of the...

Online Masterclass: Qualitative Research

The Society for the Study of Addiction sponsored a conference on conducting qualitative addiction research in March 2020, and the four Masterclass lectures and interviews are...

“Sobriety Tagging”: What is it, and what issues does it raise in the Scottish context?

By Dr Arianna Andreangeli, Senior Lecturer in Competition Law, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh Remote monitoring is a phenomenon we are very familiar with....

Report on 2018 New Alcohol Research Symposium published

Just out – read the report of the ‘Enlightened New Alcohol Research Symposium‘ organised by SHAAP and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network as part of...

Scottish Government Launches Count 14 Campaign

On March 11th 2019, the Scottish Government launched Count 14, a national alcohol public information campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the UK...

The second PhD student and Early Career Researcher Symposium held in Edinburgh

SHAAP and SARN were delighted to organise the second PhD student and Early Career Researcher Symposium on 19 November 2018. Following the success of the...

Edinburgh hosts European alcohol policy conference

On 20–21 November 2018, Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) hosted the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference (EAPC). The conference was attended by a...

New Alcohol Framework launched

The Scottish Government launched the new Alcohol Framework, which sets out the aims for alcohol prevention, on 20 November 2018. The Framework was launched by...

All ‘Alcohol Occasionals’ briefing reports now available in one report

All briefing reports from the SHAAP/SARN ‘Alcohol Occasionals’ from 2013 to 2018 have been collated in one report. Download it here!

Draft Drug and Alcohol Strategy open for feedback

The Scottish Government has published the draft of the drug and alcohol strategy, called All Together Now: our strategy to address the harms of alcohol...

The second SHAAP/SARN PhD and Early Career Researcher Symposium

Call for poster abstracts for the European Alcohol Policy Conference

The European Alcohol Policy Conference, hosted in Edinburgh on 20-21 November 2018, is a great opportunity for SARN members to get involved with researchers, government...