SHAAP invites you to attend the launch of our new report showcasing research into the meanings of lived and living experience for alcohol and drug policy, on Tuesday 4th February at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 12:30 - 14:00.
This is a FREE event with sandwich lunch provided, and will be of interest to policy makers, researchers, health professionals, support staff and people with their own lived experience.

Talk title: Relationship to alcohol through the lifespan in a Scottish island community

Speaker: Heather Still, Drug & Alcohol Researcher, Arran Community and Voluntary Service

Men & Alcohol: what's next? This is the fourth and final event in the 'Men & Alcohol' seminar series co-hosted by SHAAP and the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS). An expert panel will discuss the following questions:

•  How will men be affected by alcohol in the future?

• How can alcohol related harms to men be prevented or reduced?

• How do we strike a balance between state intervention and individual responsibility?

These events will provide an opportunity for policy makers, academics, activists, and media representatives to discuss critically topics related to men and alcohol use. The intention is to stimulate thinking, challenge some attitudes and perceptions, and to think about future research and policy priorities. A summary of the discussions from the seminars will be collated into a report, which will be disseminated after the events. This series follows the women and alcohol seminar series held in 2017, the report for which can be found here.

Talk title: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / FASD: everybody’s business

Speakers: Dr Jennifer Shields, Principal Clinical Pyschologist (FAAST) & Dr Sarah Brown, Consultant Paediatrician

Talk title: Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland: A qualitative study of children and young people’s own drinking and related behaviour

Speakers: Dr Briege Nugent & Ian Clark, Director of Iconic Consulting

Talk title: ‘A couple of nights a week I might have a couple of bottles of ale’: the normalisation of alcohol consumption by older drinkers

Speaker: Brendan Gough, Professor of Social Pyschology, Leeds Beckett University

Talk title: Problematic substance use in later life

Speaker: Dr Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Professor of Social Work, Strathclyde University