Meghan Gallacher’s remarks come after new statistics showed that across Scotland 1,172 people lost their lives to drugs in 2023.
A Lanarkshire MSP has said the latest drug death figures in North Lanarkshire are “shocking and shameful”.
The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.The rate of drug poisoning in Scotland was 2.7 times as high as the rate in England and Northern Ireland and 2.1 times more the rate in Wales in 2022, which is the most recent year for which data is available for the whole of the UK.
The Bill – which has been introduced by Douglas Ross – and was written in conjunction with frontline experts would enshrine in a law a right to treatment, including residential rehab, for all those who need it.“Drug deaths continue to be our national shame on the SNP’s watch and far too many individuals in North Lanarkshire are dying in this way.
“Those living in deprived communities in North Lanarkshire are particularly harmed by the SNP’s failures. “There is no time for the SNP Government to waste following these shocking statistics and I will continue to urge them to pass the Right to Recovery Bill into law.”In comparison, the next highest countries were Estonia with 95 deaths per million people and Norway with 86 deaths per million, according to the most recent data available by the European Union Drugs Agency covering the year 2022.
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