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Nicola Sturgeon admits failure over Scotland's drugs death figures

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First Minister conceded her administration had not matched the response of grassroots organisations and said she had an “open mind” on legislation.

Figures published in December showed a record number of deaths from drug misuse - 1,264 - for the sixth year in a row.This newspaper has an ongoing campaign to tackle the crisis, including a call for the decriminalisation of drugs.Sturgeon responded to the shocking stats by replacing Joe FitzPatrick with Angela Constance as the relevant Minister, as well as announcing a funding injection.Constance will provide an update to MSPs later today.At First Minister’s Questions, Scots Tory leader Douglas Ross said the Government’s response was not “game changing”.He called for treatment for users to be.

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