Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland

In the context of escalating drug-related deaths, during 2021 Police Scotland implemented a pilot project incorporating naloxone training to test the carriage and administration of naloxone by officers. The current paper presents data from the evaluation of this pilot exploring knowledge of, and att...

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1. VerfasserIn: Hillen, Peter (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Speakman, Elizabeth M. ; Jamieson, Michelle ; Dougall, Nadine ; Heyman, Inga ; Murray, Jennifer ; Aston, Elizabeth ; McAuley, Andrew
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: Policing and society
Jahr: 2025, Band: 35, Heft: 1, Seiten: 1-16
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