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THIS week I’d hoped to be able to write this column on festive celebrations as families prepare to celebrate Christmas this year in a very different manner than usual. But unfortunately, for 1264 families this year there will be no joyous celebrations. Because alongside the pandemic of Coronavirus, the epidemic of drug abuse in Scotland has continued to claim record numbers of lives and devastate those who have lost loved ones to this disease. Last week it was revealed that Scotland’s...

DRUGS recovery organisations are calling on the Scottish Government to provide more funding for rehab beds ahead of new figures for drugs-related deaths being published tomorrow. The delayed figures for 2019 will be released tomorrow after drugs-related deaths in Scotland accounted of the death of 1,187 people in 2018. The Scottish Conservatives have pointed to a £20 million Scottish recovery fund which the party claims is needed to replace historic cuts to rehabilitation programmes and ...