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Scotlands drug deaths remain almost three times higher than for the UK as a whole, despite the country recording its largest fall in fatalities last year, as campaigners warn of the emerging threat of synthetic opioids prompted by Taliban disruption of the global drugs trade.Data from National Records of Scotland NRS showed
stanley thermosflasche there were 1,051 deaths due to drug misuse in 2022 鈥?a drop of 279 on the previous year, when then first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced a national mission to tackle the countrys chronic and epidemic fatality rates.But the latest figures come as Scotlands leading drugs charity criticised the Scottish governments inadequate response to the ongoing public health emergency . Scottish Drugs Forum warned that the country was not prepared for a pote
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Violent offenders, paedophiles and homophobic assailants are among those who have avoided prison sentences after their cases were affected by long delays in the criminal justice system, ministers are being warned.A long-running court backlog has been exacerbated by Covid, with some ca
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Nick Cohen raises a number of important issues regarding the inhumanity of super prisons Super-jails are the inhumane mark of ignorant politicians , Comment . However, he misses two important points. First, despite the apparent U-turn on the super-prison for women, the upward trend in Scotlands prison population indicates that there is a serious issue with penal policy in the country. The population rose from 116 per 100,000 of the population in 2000 to 155 per 100,000 in 2012.Despite the dip to 147 per 100,000 in October 2014, there are questions to be asked about sentencing policy. Even if smaller prisons are built, they will be quickly filled by the poor, and the powerless; corporate criminals are rarely, if ever, in the frame.The fact is that too many people are sent to prison in Scotland and in the UK in general. This policy offers little public protection and little satisfaction to the victims of crime. It also makes no economic sense, given that re-offending in Scotland is estimated to cost 拢3bn a year.Penal policy has been dominated by a hypocritical, offensive mant
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