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Maree Todd: “It’s really painful that what we’ve seen is a rise in drugs deaths in 2025 compared to the year before. I would have…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2026
It’s really painful that what we’ve seen is a rise in drugs deaths in 2025 compared to the year before. I would have hoped, with all of the work that we are doing across the system, we wouldn’t be facing that situation.
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Maree Todd
Scottish National Party

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Commenting on the rise in drug deaths in 2025.

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