EWAN GURR: The real experts live with Scotland's drugs death crisis every day
August 2, 2021, 6:18 pm Campaigners hold a banner at the Drugs Death Memorial event organised by Favor UK on Buchanan Street steps as The Scottish Government releases the latest drug death numbers. On Friday, I attended a memorial in Glasgow city centre on the day it was announced a record 1,339 lives had been lost to drugs in Scotland in 2020. The memorial was held after national statistics revealed another 6% rise across Scotland and is a sober reminder our party of government are still scrambling for answers and solutions. The tone was sombre but, rather than focusing on the statistics, ...