PLEASE allow me to respond to Jim Butchart’s patronising, demeaning and stigmatising letter supporting Douglas Ross’s ignorant stance on the…
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has insisted that decriminalisation will not help tackle drugs deaths
Mr Butchart fails to understand the basics of drug addiction; it is an illness and is not a lifestyle choice any more than alcohol addiction is a lifestyle choice. A cursory look at cause and effect prior to putting pen to paper would show that the underlying causes of addictive illnesses is trauma like PTSD or adverse childhood experiences.
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