SNP leader responded after the Record penned an open letter on behalf of Scotland demanding action. New figures this week showed drug deaths soared to 1264 in 2019, the highest number ever recorded and the worst rate in Europe.We’ve campaigned with people on the front line to expose the impact of this crisis.Sturgeon, writing on social media, said: “This in @Daily_Record is fair.
It’s on us @scotgov to show we are on top of the drugs crisis and that’s what I’m determined we do."The lives of those suffering drug addiction matter - they are our family, friends, neighbours.
Losing so many is not acceptable and not inevitable.”We pointed out how the drugs crisis has unfolded while the Scottish Government took their eyes off the ball.But people.