As more overdose deaths are linked to incredibly potent opioid agonists, such as fentanyl and analogues, the pressure mounts to find more effective antidotes.
Safety First started out as a resource for parents to talk to their teens about drugs and has now evolved into a curriculum designed to be implemented in 9th and 10th grade high school health classes.
An apparent rise in the use of methamphetamine has been followed by growing calls for the capital punishment to be applied to supply offences involving the drug.
The Greens have proposed full legalisation of cannabis – including for recreational use – with a new government agency to act as the single wholesaler of plain-packaged cannabis.
The announcement trumps Attorney General Sessions' move to allow federal prosecutors to pursue cases against people who were following cannabis laws in states that have legalised it.
MSPs from all of the nation’s political parties except the Conservatives united behind a Scottish Government motion calling for the UK to change the law and allow the facility to be opened.