Release calls for Scottish Government to implement emergency public health plan
Release, and other leading drug organisations including IHRA and Transform, have sent a public letter to the Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling for an emergency public health plan to be initiated. In the past two weeks 7 people have died and 14 are in hospital after injecting heroin contaminated with anthrax spores. The advice issued by Health Protection Scotland is advising heroin users to stop or seek treatment. This advice is reckless considering the waiting times drug users in Scotland face when trying to access substitute prescriptions. To read The Herald's report click here.