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Drugs Policy

Proceeding contribution from Douglas Ross (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 October 2018. It occurred during Debate on Drugs Policy.

I am not sure that we heard any solutions from the hon. Gentleman. Normally in such debates we hear about how great things are in Scotland. As a Scottish Member of Parliament, I think it is appropriate, when we are discussing an issue that is of importance to the United Kingdom, that we put it into context.

I invite the hon. Gentleman and the Scottish Government to consider the “National Drug-Related Deaths Database (Scotland) Report”, from June this year, which said that the Scottish Government’s flagship take-home naloxone programme

“has not prevented substantial increases in opioid-related deaths in Scotland.”

That is a quote from a report in June this year. [Interruption.] If the hon. Gentleman would like to question that report, I will give way again.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
648 c71WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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