ALCOHOL. Cocaine. Benzos. When it comes to Scotland’s drug problem, heroin is often the substance that comes to mind.
Yet for the desperate people who contact Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs (SFAD), it is alcohol, cocaine and benzodiazepines, such as street valium, that are wrecking their lives.
Families feel much of the media “noise” is about heroin and street valium, points out the charity’s helpline development officer Suzie Gallagher. Perhaps as a result of the pressure, rehabilitation and treatment tends to focus on opiates.
