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3. Need for Further Research
RECOMMENDATION 3
The Scottish Executive should commission applied research to explore drug user perceptions, and those of their friends/family, with a view to understanding how delays in contacting the emergency services can be reduced. |
The Executive supports this recommendation.
Research is important in understanding problems and developing ways to prevent them. Prevention efforts are likely to be more effective if they can be directed to specific factors. The Executive supports this recommendation. It will assist in the process of understanding drug users' perceptions of risks overdose more fully and assist in developing policies to address any issues that arise.
TAKING ACTION
- The Executive will fund research through their Substance Misuse Research Programme to look at drug users' perceptions of risks of overdose and delays in calling for help. The research will also take into account the views of the emergency services and explore the actions they take on arrival at the scene of an overdose.
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