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Dumfries and Galloway drugs deaths rise by nearly 60 per cent in just 12 months

Dumfries and Galloway drugs deaths rise by nearly 60 per cent in just 12 months
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SNP's Angela Constance told to focus on what she can do to tackle drugs deaths

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Taskforce feels major cultural change needed to reduce Scotland's drugs death toll

Taskforce feels major cultural change needed to reduce Scotland's drugs death toll
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Scotland to ban 'addict, alcoholic and junkie' under new 'stigma charter' to tackle war on drugs

The Scottish Nationalist Party trumpeted its new stigma charter as part of hard-hitting new campaign backed by Nicola Sturgeon and her drugs minister Angela Constance. ....

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Drugs crisis: The MSPs responsible for responding to 'Scotland's shame'

In his two-and-a-half year tenure, Scotland recorded 2,451 drugs deaths.
Joe FitzPatrick.
He said the “most heart-breaking and difficult problems” he faced as public health minister were the harms and deaths caused by drug use.
“As the minister responsible for this area I, ultimately, take my responsibility,” he added.
“It is clear that my presence as a minister will become a distraction, when we should be focused on achieving the change we need to save lives.”
Accepting his resignation, Ms Sturgeon said “the time has now come to make a change.”
Mr FitzPatrick accused the UK Government of being “depressingly dismissive” during his time in the role, with Westminster ministers repeatedly turning down invites to meet the task force. ....

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