Scotland s drugs crisis is worse than ever, despite it being a problem for decades
In recent years, Scotland has been handed the inglorious title of drugs death capital of Europe.
It’s a grim accolade but in reality, the country has been ravaged by addiction for decades and those in power have done very little about it.
Could that horrific title alone be the catalyst for change though?
It wasn’t long ago Glasgow was Europe’s murder capital.
In that case, a pioneering project saw knife crime slashed to a fraction it once was and Scotland rid itself of such horrible branding.
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Here s why: San Francisco’s early and dramatic response to the coronavirus last year earned it praise as a model for fighting the pandemic. But during that time, was the city also experiencing a surge of fatal drug overdoses that far outpaced its COVID-19 deaths?
That’s what Republican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley of Rocklin claimed on social media this week. San Francisco had twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths last year. This true state of emergency is met with political indifference if not encouragement, Kiley wrote on Twitter on April 26.
Kiley has filed numerous legal challenges against Gov. Gavin Newsom over the past year, claiming the Democrat and former San Francisco mayor has overstepped his authority during the pandemic.
Data from the city’s public health department and medical examiner’s office support this claim. Health officials say the isolation caused by the pandemic led to an increase in fentanyl overdoses in San Francisco.