Practice resources

• Encompass focus on... Substance misuse
  ​This briefing based on the snapshot of Encompass services and the needs presented by the 150 women they support shows the prevalence of mental health issues and need for support of women who sell or exchange sex.​
• Scottish Drug Forum training and e-learning
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• Vulnerability, Risk and Harm for People Who Use Drugs and Are Engaged in Transactional Sex


• Improving services for women involved in prostitution and substance use
  
  
• ​The Scottish Needle Exchange Directory

Research, reports and useful links

• 10 Things You Should Know As A Woman Who Uses Drugs
  
  
• Prostitution, Drug Use, and Coping with Psychological Distress
  
  
• Women and Drug Related Deaths
  
  
• Comparison of drug use and psychiatric morbidity between prostitute and non-prostitute female drug users in Glasgow, Scotland
  
  
• Drug use in street sex workers
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• Getting Serious about Stigma in Scotland: The problem with stigmatising drug users