SNP policies are making drugs deaths worse - a stricter approach to dealing is neededScottish Tory drugs spokeswoman Annie Wells writes exclusively for the Scottish Daily Express about how best to combat drug deaths in Scotland - including cracking down on criminal behaviour. View 3 Images Scotland is in the grip of a drug deaths crisis (Image: Getty Images)Drug deaths are Scotland’s shame. ‌There’s no real admission of responsibility from the Nationalists, despite drug deaths having doubled since they came into office. Glasgow’s drug deaths were actually lower in the period before it opened, and the number of deaths across Scotland increased in the six months after. To provide more support for rehabilitation, the Scottish Conservatives would defund the Scottish Drugs Forum, which has become little more than a mouthpiece for the SNP’s failed approach.

Source: Express March 08, 2026 13:17 UTC