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Scottish Government urged to address drug taskforce future amid disbanding fears from resignations

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The Scottish Government is facing calls to urgently address the future of the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce amid fears it may have to be disbanded.

The body was set up in 2019 to bring a quick turnaround to spiralling drug deaths but the numbers have continued to rise. The Daily Record told yesterday how the DDTF’s chair Professor Catriona Matheson and vice chair Neil Richardson quit, sending a scathing resignation letter to drugs policy minister Angela Constance after she urged them to move faster.

Labour MSP Monica Lennon, who previously accused the Taskforce of moving at a “snail’s pace” in Parliament, has urged the Scottish Government to quickly clarify whether the DDTF will seek new leadership or be disbanded altogether.

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