Drug deaths: Can Scotland learn from Germany?
Drug consumption rooms allow addicts to use safely. In Germany, they’re common; but in Scotland Europe’s drug death capital progress is painfully slow.
Unless a bold new approach is adopted, Scotland s drug nightmare looks unlikely to abate
In 1996, Trainspotting terrified and transfixed with its heady portrayal of substance abuse in urban Scotland. Today, cinematic fiction has given way to statistical reality, and the nation battles a spiraling drugs crisis with no end in sight.
More than 1,200 Scots lost their lives in drug-related cases last year, new figures reveal, the highest number since records began, and over three-and-a-half times that of the UK as a whole. Staggeringly, Scotland s substance mortality rate is now 15 times that of the European average.
Two Indian kites to be released next week after rehab
Islamabad
April 18, 2021
Islamabad: The two Indian kites, common bird species, rescued by the workers of the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB), are recovering fast and expected to be released into their natural habitat in the coming week.
According to the details, the IWMB staff members were informed about these Indian Kites that got themselves trapped in strings hanging on the tree.
The staff members immediately reached the site and rescued the Indian Kites who received severe injuries to their wings and bodies during their struggle to get out of the web of strings.
Website offers USD 1,000 to binge-watch 30 episodes of home improvement shows
Website offers USD 1,000 to binge-watch 30 episodes of home improvement shows
A website is offering USD 1,000 to someone who can watch 10 episodes of three home improvement shows in a month. Read to know all about it.
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A person watching television (Photo for representation purpose. Source: Pexels)
If we told you that you will get paid USD 1,000 for binging 30 episodes in a month, what would be your reaction? We are sure many would probably be up to the task and instantly say yes. Who wants to skip out on the opportunity to grab such a whopping amount of cash, right?
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Springtown Chamber of Commerce ambassadors held a ribbon cutting with staff from the Springtown Park Rehabilitation and Care Center last month. The facility is the first of its kind in the Springtown area. Special to the Weatherford Democrat
The Springtown community recently came together to celebrate a ribbon cutting for Springtown Park Rehabilitation and Care Center, a skilled nursing facility and the first of its kind in the area. This is a brand new, from the ground up building and is much needed, Marketing Director Lauren Stoff said.
In March, the facility took in its first three long-term care patients, as part of the state s compliance guidelines.
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