Dumbarton drugs project chief hopes their work will help shape plans to fight deaths crisis
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The boss of a drugs recovery project hopes their work will help shape plans to fight Scotland’s drug death crisis.Donnie McGilveray, manager of Alternatives in West Dunbartonshire, had a meeting with drugs policy minister Angela Constance last week after the Scottish Government recently unveiled a £250million pot to tackle the emergency.It came after figures last year showed drug deaths rose to a record new level.In West Dunbartonshire, the number of people lost to drugs more than doubled within just two years, with Donnie saying he was “devastated” by the shocking toll.Speaking this week, Donnie said he was contacted by the Scottish Government as