WESTMINSTER has been told to let Scotland take the action needed to fight the drugs deaths crisis as campaigners also warned about the rising…
On Tuesday, Jolene Crawford, a member of the Anyone’s Child: Families for Safer Drug Control campaign who lost a cousin to the crisis, called for decriminalisation.
“With synthetic drugs appearing we need Overdose Prevention Sites, DAT [diamorphine assisted treatment] and drug-checking right now!” he wrote on Twitter/X. Belinda Phipps, the chief executive of the support charity With You, also noted the issue, saying: “The majority of drug-related deaths in Scotland are linked to opiates and benzodiazepines, as well as the emergence of synthetic substances. We know that people are using these drugs because of underlying trauma and mental health issues; they are looking for a way to numb painful feelings.
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