Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair.
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Scotland’s Kirk Moderator is to press political leaders to redouble their efforts to tackle the nation’s “appalling” drug deaths and suicide record.
In a series of online meetings with MSPs on Tuesday, the Rt Rev. Dr Martin Fair will seek answers over what action has and will be taken to curb the rising toll of tragedy.
A total of 1,264 people in Scotland died of drug misuse in 2019, a 6% increase on the previous year.