We are grateful to the following for their support:

OUR FUNDER

This project was funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government through their Rapid Research in Covid-19 programme.

PARTICIPANTS

The 29 people who use(d) drugs and who shared their experiences and insights with us to inform this project.

SERVICES

The recovery, harm reduction, care and support services who helped us recruit participants:

Turning Point Scotland turningpointscotland.com @turningpointsco

The Salvation Army Scotland salvationarmy.org.uk/scotland-office @TSA_Scotland

We Are With You in Scotland wearewithyou.org.uk/about-us/we-are-you-scotland @WeAreWithYouSco

Forth Valley Recovery Community asc.me.uk/our-services/substance-misuse-recovery-development @FVrcvrycmmnty

ADVISORY GROUP

Vicki Craik @crew_2000
Emerging Trends and Training Coordinator, Crew 2000, Edinburgh.
www.crew.scot

Dave Liddell @SDFnews
Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Drugs Forum, Glasgow.
www.sdf.org.uk

Inspector Claire Miller and Detective Craig Bookless @policescotland
Police Scotland.
www.scotland.police.uk

DATA PROVIDERS

Quentin Rossy @QuentinRossy
Associate Professor, School of Criminal Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, for providing darknet cryptomarket data.
researchgate.net/profile/Quentin_Rossy

WEDINOS @WEDINOSProject
For providing drug checking results on Scottish samples tested before and under lockdown.
wedinos.org

PROJECT AND BID DEVELOPMENT

IMAGE CREDIT

Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay