'Drug deaths are Scotland’s national shame' | CllrTKerr ✍️
That is why I was appalled to discover this week – after a question by my MSP colleague Sue Webber – that the SNP withdrew almost £20 million worth of funding last year from services tackling drug and alcohol addiction and supporting those who need help the most.
As regular Glasgow Times readers will be aware, this is a subject very close to my heart. I am determined to find solutions to this crisis, to ensure that no more children have to go through the pain that I suffered in 2016.We have to look at a range of options. That is why I have supported calls to trial a safe drug consumption facility in Glasgow and called on the home secretary to give us the power to do so.
That is why I feel so angry when this debate still attracts so much whataboutery and blatant misinformation.
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