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Xander Richards

Tories' plan to combat drugs deaths 'neither radical nor practical', expert says

Douglas Ross has asked MSPs to support his Scottish Tories' Right to Recovery Bill

THE Tories’ proposals to combat the drugs deaths crisis in Scotland are “neither radical nor practical”, a top expert has said.

Jardine Simpson, the CEO of the Scottish Recovery Consortium, was speaking to the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland when he made the comments about what Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has termed “game-changing” draft legislation to tackle drug deaths.

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