Submission Documents: By Bailie Marie Garrity:- "Council notes that: Scotland's drugs crisis claimed 1,187 lives last year, including a 45% increase in drug related deaths in Glasgow; that there has been a £47m real terms cut to Alcohol and Drug Partnerships between 2014/15 and 2018/19; that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde saw over 318 hospital stays per 100,000 of the population in 2017/18 for drug related treatment; and that there is an epidemic in the spread of HIV, which is linked to the increases in injecting drugs. Council believes that each and every drug related death is a tragedy, and this public health crisis requires concerted effort from all levels of government and other partners; further believes that playing a blame game on drugs deaths is a wholly inadequate response. Council notes its long standing support for Safer Drug Consumption Facility as one way to address the crisis, but believes that a much broader range of support and co-ordination is needed. Council resolves to pay tribute to those whose have lost loved ones in the face of this crisis, and to declare that the increasing number of drug-related deaths is a public health emergency." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Bailie Marie Garrity:- "Council notes that: Scotland's drugs crisis claimed 1,187 lives last year, including a 45% increase in drug related deaths in Glasgow; that there has been a £47m real terms cut to Alcohol and Drug Partnerships between 2014/15 and 2018/19; that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde saw over 318 hospital stays per 100,000 of the population in 2017/18 for drug related treatment; and that there is an epidemic in the spread of HIV, which is linked to the increases in injecting drugs. Council believes that each and every drug related death is a tragedy, and this public health crisis requires concerted effort from all levels of government and other partners; further believes that playing a blame game on drugs deaths is a wholly inadequate response. Council notes its long standing support for Safer Drug Consumption Facility as one way to address the crisis, but believes that a much broader range of support and co-ordination is needed. Council resolves to pay tribute to those whose have lost loved ones in the face of this crisis, and to declare that the increasing number of drug-related deaths is a public health emergency." .

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Item Minute - 12 September 2019 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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