63 h. ago Whistleblower claims stopping drug Scots deaths is impossible with staffing crisis

Drug worker walked out of key job, claiming many addicted Scots get "less than minimum" help

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3 d. ago Millions to be spent on giving valium to drug addicts in bizarre bid to cut Scotland's addiction death toll

Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are to be spent on giving valium to drug addicts - in a bid to cut the addiction death toll.

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6 d. ago SNP Government's £250m drug deaths crisis mission fails users

Record View says the SNP Government has wasted the chance to turn around this catastrophe.

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6 d. ago £250m plan to cut drug deaths in Scotland was 'more about controlling the narrative' claims expert

Professor Catriona Matheson, the ex-chair of a taskforce assigned to tackle drug deaths, says the plan was doomed from the start.

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2 w. ago Superstrong opioid 'pyro' involved in one in nine drug deaths in Scotland

Etonitazene, also known as pyro, can be 800 times more potent than morphine and is being used as a cutting agent in street drugs like heroin.

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2 w. ago Prison death of drug gang killer who punted heroin for kingpin to be probed

Ronald Harrison was found dead at HMP Addiewell in West Lothian.

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