this is bbc news, the headlines. after scotland s government proposes decriminalising personal drug use, we look at how a similar approach is working in portugal. saudi s football revolution gets into full swing analysts say the pro league is shaking up the global football industry. new claims of corruption are levelled in ukraine against defence officials running army recruitment we have a special report. hello and welcome back with me frankie mccamley. some breaking news. thailand s parliament has voted for the candidate of the pheu thai party,
drop they have ever seen since they started compiling figures in this way back in the 1990s. it still means that a lot of people are dying as a result of drug misuse in scotland. this is still a big problem, and according to the information put out by the mrs today, the death rate in scotland is still 2.7 times higher than for the uk as a whole, so it is still a big problem. but the scottish government, i think, problem. but the scottish government, ithink, will argue today that they are making progress in the policies that they have been applying to try to reduce drug deaths and drug harm in scotland. and those policies you talk about, the country has tried lots of different policies and initiatives to try to curb drug taking, for example decriminalising drugs for personal use, what are the ramifications of that?- personal use, what are the ramifications of that? that is one ofthe ramifications of that? that is one of the things ramifications of that? that is one of the things that