People in villages and communities outside the city centre may be seeing more people taking drugs because the pandemic has dispersed the issue.Members of Stirling Council’s public safety committee spoke last Thursday of the perception that there were more people in streets in their wards who appeared to be under the influence of substances.This was despite figures being presented to the board suggesting detection of both possession and supply of drugs had fallen.Bannockburn ward Labour councillor Margaret Brisley said: “I certainly have more and more people within the communities I represent, that didn’t do it before, openly walking about under the influence of drugs or alcohol.“There are a number of complaints about people supplying drugs