Avvertenza urgente dopo oppioidi sintetici legati a 38 morti in Scozia per soli tre mesi

I think it’s curious to see this negative projection of the drug problem in Scotland included with a mention of Scotland’s new drug consumption clinic, which the drugs minister in the article uncritically asserts to be “saving lives.”

Given that Scottish drug deaths have actually gone up in the immediate period of the clinic’s opening, after having gone down continually throughout the previous year, maybe the minister should consider whether the clinic has actually made the problem worse, by giving people the impression that the state has given up trying to prevent drug use and therefore encouraging people to take drugs more recklessly than before.