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Edinburgh’s consultation is a foregone conclusion dressed up as a conversation

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By Annemarie Ward
| ThinkScotland Verified
LET’S BE HONEST about where we are. For the past year, anyone who has raised concerns about drug consumption rooms, residents, community groups, frontline voices, has been dismissed as exaggerating, spreading disinformation, or acting in bad faith. That word, “disinformation”, has been doing heavy lifting. Not to test claims, but to discredit the people making them. That’s because once a policy is framed as compassionate, questioning it becomes a kind of moral trespass.
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40 Years of Influence. 8% rise in Deaths. What Are We Celebrating?

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By Annemarie Ward
| Substack
Drug deaths in Scotland are up 8%. Glasgow opened a drug consumption room in January 2025. More than a year later, deaths have increased, with the biggest rise in Glasgow itself. And yet, we are still being told the system is working. That is the context. And it matters, because if you want to understand why Scotland remains the drug death capital of Europe, it is no longer enough to look at policy alone. You have to look at who shapes it.
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Edinburgh’s drug consumption room consultation needs your voice

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By Annemarie Ward
| ThinkScotland Verified
They say it will “benefit the city” – here’s what happened where they tried it. WE’VE HEARD the script before. A supervised drug consumption room will reduce harm. They say: It won’t attract more users. It will clean up public spaces. It will connect people into treatment. It will “benefit the city as a whole.” That is exactly what is now being proposed for Edinburgh’s Old Town. But before anyone signs off on this, we need to do something radical in public policy.
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