Scotland: Why are so many people dying from drug use?

[@ToWhomItMayConcern-i2g]

for the past 50 years drugs have been a problem in Scotland, I have never used any illegal drug because it would have got in the way of my drinking, had my last drink on 17/09/2017, if alcohol was invented today it would be a Class "A" Drug. Some of my friends have asked me what is the hardest thing I have ever done so I thought about it for a wee while, I said well I have hiked the West Highland Way self sufficient and at speed to break the record, same with The Pennine Way, both were very hard, really hard, hiked over The Himalayas & The Rockies, ran half marathons in competitions with my best time 1Hr 22Mins 26Secs, one of the hardest runs I have ever done, never ever beat that time again, but the hardest thing I have ever done was to STOP DRINKING, I started late in life at 33 but I got hook very easily and it ruined me. (One Day At A Time) now 60 years old and Sober HELPING OTHERS.

[@harrisfrankou2368]

34 months

[@davinastanton3865]

Congratulations for being clean.

[@thewalkingbear88]

@Linktotq84 nice one!

[@Stop-All-War]

🐝 💪 👏🏼

[@TheMiniMaestroMan]

I am 17, never touched or drank a drop of alcohol. No plans on doing so either and I am fine with being teetotal. I have seen how it emasculates and destroys people's lives. I wouldn't take any other illicit drug, so why is alcohol socially acceptable?

[@yilz123]

My heart goes out to all sufferers. None of them wants to be in this situation

[@jenniferjackson9375]

But they are.. I’m not in that situation.. it’s all about choices

[@JP94]

Their own fault, they aint sufferers

[@cherobinson6371]

But it’s ok to be a alcoholic? Cause alcoholism is a huge huge issue in Scotland

[@drama772]

Many of them knew exactly what they were getting into, but went ahead anyway. Personally, I call it weakness. And I have absolutely no sympathy.

[@niallcnoc9646]

Some really nasty people in the comments who lack empathy and compassion. Before casting judgement maybe some research into addiction would help ye be more humane.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Same reasons alchol has always been a problem in Scotland.

[@larrygerry985]

Weather?

[@CastleLager-lf5eu]

Loch Ness monster?

[@kmay4963]

Bagpipes?

[@werewolfcountry]

It's not weather, they have similar weather to Scandinavia. @@larrygerry985

[@beepboop9464]

Haggis?

[@SansM-g2r]

The fact is that a lot of rich people in Scotland (most of whom may be in positions of influence eg in Edinburgh) are very removed from the reality of those at the bottom and do not give a damn to know.

[@jbjaguar2717]

I think that's inaccurate. The ruling party in Edinburgh are well aware of Scotland's drug problem and they genuinely care about fixing it. But it's not an easy problem to solve. It requires tackling entrenched issues with education, mental health, welfare, housing, urban planning, culture, and an inadequate economic structure. Also, it's uncomfortable for many people to talk about, but a big part of the problem is how accepting Scotland is towards drugs. We need to increase the stigma attached to the substances whilst decreasing the stigma attached to addicts themselves - the opposite of the current situation, where addicts are seen as losers but drugs in general are seen as cool and desirable. We also should understand and combat the harmful influences of China, Iran and America, from where most of these drugs (or their chemical components) originate.

[@knight20102]

I used to mess about there at these places as a teenager in Dundee. Its bizarre and surreal that's its a junkie den now. The emergency services roar up and down my street all day long to get to that part of Dundee.

[@mikedixon9089]

Absolutely gobsmacked I’ve worked in Dundee many times when coming north of the border found the people and place lovely admittedly it was a good few years ago how times have changed 😢

[@paddymeboy]

It's not that big a mystery really: it's a bog hole, and also there's no sunlight!

[@garrysmith5562]

Its still the same. Addiction is everywhere.

[@ladymuck22]

There's still a lot of nice places and people in Dundee.

[@contorta960]

Because life is really depressing for too many people. That and legislation makes the whole thing a lot more dangerous than it needs to be.

[@Drizzle600]

But yet, the SNP will still be voted in power by the folks who couldn’t care less!!! never has the words wake up been more apparent!

[@mfslots]

@@Drizzle600 its the system labour tory whoever the situation at present would be the same this about an unfit system and life and death one of which a single politician nor party can take credit for

[@jda7499]

This reminded me of Gorbals Glasgow of early 90s. As a foreign Student at Glasgow for 4 years I feel so sad to Scotland public issues. Such a lovely country and always in my heart, some of my best times in life at Glasgow. Dundee in 1990s was a postcard in Summer months. I hope the government steps in. My best wishes

[@HissyMcHissyfit]

Our government is a massive part of the problem. They keep cutting funding to services while blaming 'an ageing drug user population coming to an inevitable end' to cover for the incremental increase of drug related deaths. They simply do not care. Politicians are the lowest form of humanity.

[@eh1702]

The government DID step in. They brought a bill t9 decriminalise addiction and teat it as a health issue. Westminster overturned it. The SG turned a blind eye to the clean-needle exchanges and vans where people could inject safely; the Tories in London instructed the Tories in Scotland to insist that the law is applied to the letter and banned the clean needle vans - hence the upsurge in amputations and deaths. The hostel here which the woman says saved her life - these hostels are next to be targeted by England’s politicians.

[@robbyjackson5103]

@@eh1702 Always the tories fault lol

[@williampotato1221]

​@eh1702 15yr of utter incompetence snp rule has ruined Scotland pal. Whilst Scotland is getting ruined via snp scorched earth policy, their politicians have been feathering their nests to the tune of 14mil in only 3yrs.. Given they have been in power for 15yr, do math & wake n the smell the coffee ☕.

[@robinsss]

@@eh1702Scotland should declare independence so the gov't can control it's own policies

[@stevebaylis7973]

Because life for the poorest in this country isn't worth anything so its a escape from the terrible island this has become

[@harriethare4019]

Yep!

[@fairy12324]

100%

[@FredFox-m9v]

my Scottish wife and father in law had / have addiction problems, they both were / are well off.

[@greenbucky]

Got an advert for whiskey after this video, harmful addictions like drinking and smoking should also be targeted with a ban of advertising. Too many people use it as a pathway to drugs in Scotland.

[@autumnangel3001]

Ps. The quality and strength of the drugs is more deadly these days…

[@billyhawkins9273]

1. The UK is very depressing 2. The weather is very depressing 3. The cost of living goes up way higher than wages 4. There is more control than most countries 5. Employers want people to be like robots 6. The culture is bad due to mass immigration over the last 30 years 7. Many more reasons I'm so glad I left the UK and I'm 10/10 happy now 🇹🇭 🙂

[@barneymagee3285]

Years of snp rule has really helped Scotland..

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Good news is the wheel nuts on the SNP bandwagon are slowly coming undone. I've never seen them in so much disarray and they are making a lot of the same mistakes Labour did in 2007. It's not healthy and not good for anyone for the same outfit to be in office for so long. Humza will come under fire if the SNP underwhelm at upcoming elections.

[@acewhisper38272]

​@@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922yes while Scotland gave free doctor's visits the snp was pretty much corrupt.

[@eh1702]

The SNP built new hospitals for all the cities. The parliament - YOUR party too - voted to trat addiction as a health issue instead of criminalising it - Westminster overturned that. And even insisted on banning the clean-needle vans.

[@KM-pq7sr]

@@eh1702 So how come there are clean needle vans operating around Glasgow and other cities? I think the police were concerned it would encourage more drugs use but they are allowing those vans now. I've seen them.

[@leeriches8841]

@@eh1702 where's the ferries the islands were promised?

[@Muff_Diver]

My heart goes out to them, I hope fentanyl doesn’t reach those shores

[@UpinsmokeXVI]

Fentanyl is already in the uk and it’s getting really bad

[@susanelliott2287]

@ CensoredSheepChannel.I Fentanyl has been in England and SCotland for years.

[@Cani6al]

It’s been in my sock drawer for weeks

[@Muff_Diver]

@@Cani6al 😆

[@GIBBO4182]

Probably England’s fault, somehow!

[@New-ye2fl]

it’s not even Englands fault for Englands problems according to our media 😂

[@loredanatagliaferri5339]

Somehow?? How?

[@JohnDoe-lx3dt]

Nae england as a whole but Westminster for sure. There’s no money up here and there’s nothing for the majority to aim for, drugs are the easy answer for a lot of people.

[@foreignofficeclub5815]

Actually that is accurate

[@bellamia5899]

The Glasgow woman's project has existed for decades all they have did is change their drug policy. No mention of the closure of the drug rehab around the corner in the James Shields project. Council and government doesn't give a monkeys about addicts or addiction. They only care about the financial cost implications and not in human life terms.

[@zoundsic]

Drug deaths are falling in Scotland, so not as many as used to be, OD's are becoming less prevalent with younger people and average age of those dying is getter older.

[@HogwartsBasement]

All police officers now carry naloxone. That bound to help it too seeing they are first there before the ambulance usually

[@davinastanton3865]

​@@HogwartsBasement Yes they do.

[@MrMarkhall1]

Maybe they should reopen the ship yards? Build new ones?

[@lolsaXx]

Despair and lonliness. Thats why.

[@barneymagee3285]

Rife among Celtic supporters….

[@johnmccaughey2722]

​@@barneymagee3285celtic are the dominant team these days lol. And no I am not a celtic fan

[@thecolourwhiteproductions3391]

They don't call it scumdee for nothing. Dundee used to be the teenage underage pregnancy capital too. It's a shame cause it's actually a cool city. The new museum and ship are a great visit but it seems it's always been quite troubled.

[@JT-wo4fs]

Coz were all dead on inside

[@einseitig3391]

Britain is a desperate place at the moment. It is good those north of the border can now access the same treatment as those south.

[@jjcale1976]

The worst drugs, because they are legal and deadly, are alcohol and tobacco.

[@JohnDoe-lx3dt]

As a Scot I blame boredom

[@SharonMcwilliams78]

Goes a bit deeper than that pal 0:19

[@lucastaylor2321]

Boredom? I can understand social-economic & home environments.. peer pressure, family history, depression and mental illness, etc But boredom is really scraping the barrel !!!! Get a hobby, work more hours or whatever.

[@mummyd1990]

Nothing to do with depression and addiction then eh,just "boredom"...???

[@daveh322]

I'm bored. Anyone got any fentanyl?

[@antonyward8075]

​@@alderconesLol 😂

[@beachfairy]

Gee I dunno sky news maybe it's the depressing state of everything and struggling to afford to survive let alone thrive whilst getting zero help for mental and physical health. The UK is a shambles.

[@Bungle-UK]

So why is the issue four times worse in Scotland than England? Nothing to do with the UK as a whole.

[@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817]

. . . and oh the hypocrisy regarding drugs when every Friday and Saturday weekend people are staggering around like Neanderthals , ranked up on copious amounts of liquid poison* *government approved & endorsed.

[@beachfairy]

@MAT-UK1978 'Bills and legislation The classification and control of ‘controlled drugs’ in the United Kingdom is reserved to the UK Government.' Took me 2 minutes to look it up dude

[@mmcc5846]

​@@Bungle-UKEngland and the UK are the cause

[@EdwardGraham-b2p]

The reason people do not access treatment is that in Scotland if an ambulance turns up the police will also. The user gets criminalised! This is why many will not call ambulance for themselves!

[@garthreid7114]

Dundee, and every major city in Scotland has a drug problem. What's new?

[@Madsstuff]

TREAT. DON'T PUNISH. END THE WAR ON DRUGS!

[@Sharon-marie]

It was Glasgow that was named the worst place for drug deaths for the last few years

[@ConnorFerguson-hv4sg]

Dundee had the highest drug deaths in Europe

[@Grailz1]

Was it no west Dunbartonshire

[@Kat-mu8wq]

It's also now overtaken Glasgow as the most dangerous city.. Ironically it also has the most foreign people 😂

[@AlexOmelyanyuk106]

Yes it has been for the past years

[@amfearliathmor9747]

The Local SNP Member of Parliament lives in a castle outside Dundee well away from his constituents and drives an Aston Martin. No one saw him for about 2 years during the Rockefeller Locksteps. Much like Boris is partial to some of the Columbian Marching Powder. The fish rots from the head down.

[@lsnowy7758]

Typical narrow brained linking of SNP with another party. SNP is in government and it alone is responsible!!

[@bam-skater]

@@lsnowy7758 So why doesn't the SNP decriminalise the possession of drugs, seems to have worked reasonably well in Portugal!

[@elizabethtait2469]

. @bam-skater have tried UK government overturned it

[@harrycalla]

Aye blame others 🤡

[@thigearlatha]

​@@lsnowy7758Westminster is in charge of drug policy, that's a fact. Every time The SNP try to address the situation but Westminster vetoes it. Another clueless 🤡

[@JohnParkinson-g9q]

There is probably nothing to do up there- it’s that boring. Government needs to step in

[@seanmacleod1724]

Recovery Walk 2023 has just happened in Greenock and yet there is nothing online about this event. Poignant and also uplifting it was a celebration of recovery achieved and a chance to remember those lost to this scourge. Why can I find NOTHING relating to this subject from STV....We even had an MSP in attendance.

[@KM-pq7sr]

Sitting on benefits bored, lack of ambition, poor educational standards, ingrained culture of substance abuse, and sometimes trauma in childhood. It's a complex issue but the SNP seem to be making things worse not better. Japan has a zero tolerance approach to hard drugs and as a result their drugs death numbers are tiny. Maybe we need to get tough to stop the cycle.

[@beepboop9464]

America also used to have zero tolerance policy. Didn't work quite the same way

[@KM-pq7sr]

@@beepboop9464 Drugs deaths have got worse in America, not better. Also the Police are pretty over stretched dealing with all the other ghetto crime. Japan is a safe orderly country with an efficient police force and justice system. The West could learn a lot from Japan.

[@eh1702]

The SNP brought a bill to decriminalise personal possession so that people could use clean-needle / safe injection vans and centres: the Tories overturned it at Westminster. The hostel here that the woman says saved her life will be targeted next - the Tories are insisting that the police enfoce the letter of the law, which their bosses down in London have refused to let Scotland change. Even though the wholwe parliament here voted for it - including even some of the Tories.

[@KM-pq7sr]

@@eh1702 I'm not a big fan of the Tories, or Labour, but the SNP are far worse, they are running Scotland into the ground. They are even under police investigation themselves. Their appauling record on drugs deaths and education speaks for it's self and blaming 'The Tories' is not good enough.

[@paddymeboy]

Well, there's no way the 'woke kings' of the SNP will be doing that.

[@nakhan4132]

Poverty, lack of opportunities, family break downs, lack of God consciousness leades people to loose hope and purpose to live

[@martinwebb1681]

Yes true, but anyone with half a brain would understand taking drugs is only going to make your problems worse.

[@Sunshine22232]

I swear to God Scottish bad weather is the blame for this 🤔😔

[@lh7325]

Not sure about that. There's a lot of sunlight here in Australia but drug use is rampant.

[@MustraOrdo]

Must be the protestant influence.

[@RunPJs]

I moved from Greater Manchester to Edinburgh. Not much differemce in the weather actually. Sometimes it can be a bit colder but Edinburgh gets less rain

[@lamestreammedia3154]

Got to hand it to sky News. Many videos they have a question in the title only to turn comments off😊

[@eh1702]

Well, this one is to slag the Scottish parliament, government and public, so of course they left it open.

[@threeloins6794]

exactly @@eh1702

[@silvasun5326]

I don’t think I heard one reference to Opioid Substitution Treatment in this story. A bit strange given that it is regarded as the most effective modal of care/recovery…a broad range of substances are mentioned…stimulants etc…abstinence based approaches get a mention…it seems a conspicuous omission for a story like this.

[@opengrapefruit1534]

I was in Edinburgh as a tourist for a week this year. It was very nice and a great city. I didn't see much of any junkies or drugs. But I'm not interested in drugs so it wasn't something I noticed.

[@kevino4372]

Dundee

[@margsomerville21]

Must have been walking about Edinburgh with eyes closed tight

[@wanbawmcgraw3022]

cool story

[@andrewdoug8084]

Good for those that sell .

[@belltond1527]

It’s because of the SNP incompetence

[@user-cu5gc4qz8p]

dont want to die of drugs, dont take drugs... really not complicated.

[@mrnice7570]

🤡

[@ozum6787]

Wow man, how does no one think this before😂

[@user-cu5gc4qz8p]

@@ozum6787 I just have very little sympathy for drug users, they're adults, they know the harm drugs cause to themselves, those around them and society as a whole yet they do it anyway, I don't see why it's supposed to be governments responsibility to coddle and take care of them when thy wont take care of themselves.

[@garthreid7114]

With pause on, it's simple, there are always statistics to demonise the pleasures of life.

[@3DLL.]

a lack of jobs, people got no hope for the future got nothing to do bored out there mind, then we start worrying anxiety stress depression kicks in we take drugs to block the pain we go though, we are human.

[@colinevans39]

Because stress and poverty and social breakdown people some just want to get away from crap reality of poor quality of life and drugs for some give them this 😤🙄🙄

[@florencekimondo]

Why is government letting this to go on.

[@kishorekannan2630]

Politicians getting bribe from drug dealers

[@jimmyjones1266]

Why not They don't want it on their doorstep

[@Bungle-UK]

Ask the SNP….it’s not for any better under their control.

[@Jimmy_Cream]

Detracts from the SNPs own issues eh

[@leeriches8841]

Guarantees them more votes. Like Sturgeon trying to buy our votes and support during the pandemic by posting so many of us free cheques.

[@wynbrown5985]

Could be the depressing weather.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

I grew up in Scotland and can't cope with the weather there anymore. Earlier this year I left Edinburgh at 9am, it was freezing cold and sideways rain. Got to Norwich by 4pm and there wasn't a cloud in the sky, everyone was in shorts and sunglasses drinking pints by the water etc. Felt like I'd ended up in Spain.

[@leeriches8841]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 the weather here in Edinburgh is particularly vile, that sharp wind we get coming over the Forth always ruins what was a nice day.

[@michaelkavanagh5947]

No policing, simple.

[@andrewdoug8084]

Putin must be held accountable for the rise in Scottish addiction.

[@loredanatagliaferri5339]

Boring 😴😴😴

[@R8V10]

Blame immigrants…

[@winstoningram99]

​@@R8V10or Prince Harry Hewitt

[@mabit]

Surprised your not blaming the Tories, thats the normal go to.

[@winstoningram99]

@@mabit Tories or Putin. Lol. They're even less popular than Letby right now

[@blaircorral8158]

There should be safe legal recourse to help addicts.

[@viharchampa8829]

*This Dope, these days, is a whole lot stronger* *than it ever was.* *People that use it,* *don't have any idea of what they're taking.* *There's Billions in this so-called street drug* *Business.* *Drugs, lead an* *individual, to A lonely* *crooked dark alley,* *down a dirty broken* *street, full of bloody* *fiends, Who really* *don't care about who* *buys from them.* *To a dealer, it's a* *transaction.* *Nothing personal.* *In my opinion,* *Too many individuals* *Have painful reality's* *Doing chemicals is an escape from reality.* *When criminal* *element is missing,* *This thing being taxed tested and regulated.* *Then there would* *probably be fewer* *deaths ...* 🤔

[@patrickpowers5995]

Absolutely

[@skycat777u.k5]

👏💯

[@Boxmodzhq]

👏 well said mate

[@pragueexpat5106]

As someone who can't afford to spend 15 pounds on non-essential stuff like drugs, I don't have an addiction problem..

[@Boxmodzhq]

None essential lol it's essential when Ur in withdrawal it's the only thing that can make Ur symptoms go away n u can tackle day to day tasks then.

[@andrewwinslow9315]

Trainspotting is a documentary sadly

[@bluesdoc737]

Why is so much air time given to the wasters who have absolutely NO intention of giving up. Give these agencies LESS funding & force them to treat those who really want help. Every drug death saves the NHS, justice system, social services etc billions, money that could be better spent elsewhere.

[@brandycat8513]

Is ANYONE asking WHY are they turning to drugs? Obviously as pain relief, to numb a psychological pain or trauma. Cant be down to poverty, as the "experts" say here. Neither can "access to treatment". THis film doesnt even mention access to psychotherapy/ talking therapies. I'm not an "expert" lol SNP minister, but all the local services seem to offer are overdose meds. " See the pain, not the addiction" - DR Gabor Matte

[@EpicTutorialTips]

Because it's everywhere in Scotland. Literally everywhere. The Police haven't bothered to tackle it for years and years, so it's been a free run on the entire country to use it as a dumping ground. Comes over in the boats from South America, into Ireland, then into Scotland. They haul it in on the fishing boats, and nobody checks them so it's very easy to do. And yes, there's no such thing as recovery services in Scotland. All the money for that was stripped away in the early 2010s because the money was redistributed and put towards the SNP independence campaign leading up to the referendum in 2014. Back then Salmon was SNP leader and Sturgeon was Health Minister, but nobody battered an eye lid because the truth is people aren't really going to notice or give a damn about a bunch of addicts losing access to recovery treatment. When the funding for all of that was stripped away, there was nothing to replace it, so that's when the numbers started creeping up.

[@ByddinRhyddidCymru]

Tbf if I lived in Dundee I’d probably want a bit of gear to get through it

[@davyg8864]

Know more people that have died of suicide than drugs

[@nevilebardos5702]

People don't understand the upbringing these people have had I've had a tough upbringing nothing compared to being brought up by an addict

[@richardbuchan2932]

Because we cant afford to go to pubs so we just take drugs instead

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Rab C Nesbit lives there

[@SilverSquirrel]

To reduce Scotland's carbon footprint.

[@jkfdkjjd]

Pro-choice or anti-drugs one thing's for sure "SCOTLAND'S SURGING DRUG DEATHS" is metal AF!

[@SpecialK199]

Good to see residential programs

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

2 words, blues,crack

[@thesightings222]

Ok, so what’s the reason deaths statistics dropped recently?More Naloxone? More rehabs? Less drugs on the streets? Tougher law for possession?

[@techtinkerin]

Because so many people are taking drugs

[@e09271]

Just came to answer the titles question..drugs

[@emilysymington6382]

Scotland has a more robust system of reporting drug deaths. Comparing the stats isn't providing a good overview or level playing field.

[@Bungle-UK]

Great pivot….blame a statistical error rather than dealing with the actual issue.

[@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817]

. . . and is that the same with deaths caused by that lovely legal, government approved "drug" Alcohol?

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Just like Scotland doesn't have a problem with sewage being pumped into rivers.... while monitoring less than 5% of the watercourse while England is monitoring upwards of 90%. It's amazing what selective statistics can do.

[@emilysymington6382]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 definitely! Yuck I didn't know that 🤢

[@threeloins6794]

drug policy isnt devolved @@Bungle-UK

[@blaircorral8158]

I think it’s been proven that prohibition doesn’t work. The USA had to repeal their ban alcohol.

[@Ishvires]

wait for fentanyl arrival to EU, then we will see most fun

[@davidcrawford9241]

And zylazine

[@05100bigmac]

Stupid gov in this country wants to decriminalise and give people “safe places” to use drugs- thus condoning it ! Cartel love Scotland for this reason !

[@susanelliott2287]

One question springs to mind, if these people are so poor, then how do they afford their habit? and if the answer is, by turning to crime, would it not then be better to buy food, and pay rent, bills etc, with the proceeds of said crime?

[@Bakedbeans24341]

Trainspotting

[@larrygerry985]

Weather is so great in Scotland you can not not do drugs

[@CarolynMcGetrick]

I was in Dundee last year. Scary place

[@dec3142]

Would be interested in Sky News covering the statistics in England.

[@danielwebb8402]

From my extensive, hard work, expensive, great intelligence requiredresearch. Of reading the video It is a quarter of Scotland's.

[@Runefrag]

They included it in a statistic.

[@shaun7389]

I love how obsessed the Scotch are with the English, but the English don't really care about the Scottish.

[@lamestreammedia3154]

​​@@shaun7389but the Scottish are obsessed with Scotch😊

[@T5Zplayer]

Its about Scotland??

[@sps6]

Pathetic...governments must take action on drug dealers in fact they keep quite

[@autumnangel3001]

Stop charging the earth for treatment then people who aren’t rich could access the help….

[@TheTechNiShan]

Great to see they give support to those who overdose!

[@oeilgris]

would it help to legalise cannabis and invest money spared more in prevention than in prohibition and drug deal policing?

[@jamesirvine9541]

Dope isn't how they're dying

[@carraw3501]

Yes, it should happen. One problem is that cannabis dealers can also be dealing in harder drugs. There are also periods where hash is broken down and mixed with harmful ingredients to make it go further. 9 USA states have it legal and there is a tax on it. Dont know how the tax is used but there is obvious other drug taking and problems it could be used on.

[@theprogrammerrolandmc3039]

Tell that to Tersa May and Victoria Atkins because they are the reason the UK is one of the largest cannabis exporters in the world.

[@spinytailed]

It's probably better than overdosing on irnbru.. ...

[@leswatson8563]

That okd song by Steppen Wolf... 'The Pusher' comes to mind and the warning contained within. Still I expect the police and the government are all over this? Aren't they??

[@allykhan8594]

I pity not drug takers.

[@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817]

Yeah, cheers for that.

[@forestflood5338]

I mean if I had to live among scottish, I'd overdose myself as well

[@martinwebb1681]

🤣🤣😂😂... So true,

[@edwardbarnett6571]

All the while there are users there will be pushers. Users should be kept in a hospital for a year so the sellers will go away.

[@jackiedrowley3351]

Government and police need to do their jobs and sort it out.

[@hexusmexus6971]

My GP tried to prescribe me sanex think that's how it's spelt and fentynl same not sure about the spelling but I refused I said because how bad it is watched a documentary. I suffer from chronic back pain from an acident the issue I found they don't care what they prescribe also they have very little knowledge on how badly addictive these drugs are. The issue is also these big pharma companies invent these drugs to get people hooked on them it's plane out their to see what some of them have done to countries such as America cities like California Chicago the whole poor community was devistated by these and now it's mass produced by China and Mexico drug cartels these big companies should be held responsible. I've seen allot of people loose everything because of it. Not saying the people that take it are not responsible at all but it all starts at the top l.

[@KanyeBreast4]

It's 'Zanax" and "Fentanyl" hun

[@nmmc9096]

@@KanyeBreast4it’s Xanax

[@Boxmodzhq]

Must be lovely being so innocent and shielded but some of us didn't av that luxury growing up

[@TomNook.]

its Britain in general tbh

[@chrislambert9435]

I'd like to know the Statistics for "drug related deaths" in the UK, in my City Norwich it is estimated that 1 death per Day for "drug related death"

[@T5Zplayer]

Plenty of info go look for it

[@chrislambert9435]

@@rightherethereeverywhere, Thankyou, a sad Statistic, if it were from an attack from a Foreign Nation, surely War would be declared

[@ezmaniac]

i dont remember it being a competition.

[@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817]

Nobody ever died of mushrooms overdose!

[@apullz3329]

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN

[@peace4peaceful]

Might help.if drugs are not highlighted as a way for fun in every movie that has a night club scene. I'm also.tired of mental health being blamed for taking drugs. It's usually the other way around. Druggies are 100% anti social. Users and dealers.

[@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817]

Including that lovely legal government approved drug Alcohol , yes?

[@twitchchristoff]

Don't do drugs peeps

[@SumOldGitt]

Natural selection.

[@scottmcneil1150]

addiction as a response to Intergenerational trauma caused by occupation of the country by external forces, ie the british

[@KM-pq7sr]

Oh FFS, Scotland won independence then much later went bankrupt trying to start an empire in Panama, then we had the Union of the Crowns which suited Scotland. We are not 'occupied'.

[@michaelsmyth5877]

Gotta be fentynol finally making its impact

[@MrMarkhall1]

Maybe the govt should pump some more money into Scotland, they are always complaining they dont get enough, then maybe they wouldnt want independence.

[@Nibbles-w8j]

In Mexico they say ‘one overdose is one less problem’

[@alba9507]

More British propaganda as drug deaths have fallen. Everytime the Scottish government tries to address the drug problems in Scotland, the English government blocks it. Don't forget that Drug policy in Scotland is reserved to Wasteminster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

[@buffi944]

It's a corrupt place, it needs to be partitioned into five governments, picks, english, tribal and middle class areas, the problem part of the population need to be taken into care.

[@niblet112]

Experimental jab drug?

[@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817]

We don't want to talk about that!

[@fay5479]

Making the addict the criminal means Scotland will never recover! It's about the emptiness of not having a job, no communal purpose, the political submission to England...it's a lot more complex than just shaming those showing the social symptoms of capitalist end days...

[@GeekGamingOffic1al]

Well said

[@johnmcguire1792]

Time to consider legalising drugs?