Scotland needs dynamic approach to stem tragic tide of drug deaths and addiction dailyrecord.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyrecord.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce bosses resign in fury after being told to hurry up by SNP minister dailyrecord.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyrecord.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
THE end of the political term, as weary legislators pack to go away, is often a season for burying bad news. In Scotland this time we had an item that caught the attention of Europe – and not the usual stuff about the mountain and the flood, which were all in Spain and Greece. No, we offered neighbouring nations a panorama of the deadbeat and the dud, with news of the drug users in our inner cities and our housing schemes, more of the misfits unable to face the life of the 21st century except with their crutch. Many affluent nations suffer the same problem in lesser degree but picturesque Scotland is the worst of all, as shown by evidence of the most gruesome kind. News came through last week that in 2020 the number of Scots who died through drugs reached a record 1339, up from 1264 in 2019. It was the seventh year in succession to have seen the same grim shift.