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Class A narcotics are now easily available via smartphones, says Ross Deuchar – teachers need to update drugs lessons

Amid a slew of male-focused studies on gangs, research is finally being conducted into how young women are drawn into drug supply networks – sometimes going on to lead them. Ross Deuchar explains what schools can do to help girls avoid criminality and put their skills to better use

From supplying friends with cannabis to being exploited by gangs, research by Ross Deuchar has charted how disadvantaged young men in Glasgow are lured into the world of drug dealing. Following damning statistics on the scale of the problem, he urges teachers to back the call for legal reform

With society in the grip of a mental health epidemic, the education sector is opening its eyes to the devastating and long-lasting impact of adverse childhood experiences, writes Ross Deuchar. But further research is needed to develop schools’ support for our most vulnerable young people

For many in Scotland, anger and aggression are still part of what it means to be ‘manly’, a stereotype that is driving mental ill health among young males, writes Ross Deuchar

The use of steroids in bodybuilding has grown rapidly in the UK, and teenage boys who are subjected to images of ‘perfect’ bodies on TV and social media are at risk of dependency