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PM: Rising drug deaths in Scotland largely down to SNP Government ‘failures’
PA
16 December 2020, 1:39 pm
The rising number of drug deaths in Scotland are largely down to “failures” of the Scottish Government, Boris Johnson has said.
The Prime Minister told the Commons the SNP Government at Holyrood holds “the vast panoply of powers that are needed to tackle drugs and drugs crime”, and increasing levels of drugs abuse in Scotland are “very largely down to them”.
It comes as figures published on Tuesday showed 1,264 people died of drug misuse in Scotland last year.
It means Scotland has the highest drug death rate in Europe – a level three times higher than in England and Wales.