Editor’s letter: Nicola Sturgeon ought to have acted on Scottish drugs deaths years ago

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Editor’s letter: Nicola Sturgeon ought to have acted on Scottish drugs deaths years ago
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Scotland recorded the highest number of drugs-related deaths on Friday, provoking a political storm, writes John Rentoul

he tragedy of drugs deaths in Scotland ought not to be a party political subject. It is awful that the rate of deaths is so much higher in Scotland than in any other European country, and shocking that it is so much higher than in the rest of the UK.who make it a partisan issue. He said on Friday that he was “hopeful that new spending by the Scottish government will save lives in future but major changes in UK law are required to really tackle the problem”.

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