Record Number Of Drug Deaths

[lankeela]

Sorry but nobody needs to take drugs - no sympathy I am afraid. I grew up in the sixties and could easily have got drugs had I wanted to but I didn't feel the need. Now they are blaming it on deprivation - well on our council estate there were plenty of deprived people but I didn't have any friends who became addicts.

[ToraToraTora]

bang on lanks, no one needs the steam, weak of mind.

[ToraToraTora]

deprivation my April.

[Peter Pedant]

Foo I say ! foo again! Do we have a reference?
No matter! Just state it is the case on AB - and it IS the case!

screw them all

[ToraToraTora]

TBF though it's Scotland that leads the world in this area.

[barry1010]

I've a degree of sympathy. I didn't need to start smoking but I was soon hooked on 40 a day, had a nightmare time quitting many years later.
It is only by luck that my regular drinking didn't turn in to alcoholism.
I don't believe anyone intends to become an addict.

[anneasquith]

“ Scotland leads the world “ .

[ToraToraTora]

hey my stalker !

[anneasquith]

Trust me ttt if I were a stalker you would be bottom of my list. You may wish to amend your stupid reply .

[lankeela]

Actually they say its the north east that has the most. If they are so deprived where do they get the money from to buy them (rhetorical question as we all know).

[lankeela]

https://www.itv.com/news/2022-08-03/drug-deaths-in-england-and-wales-highest-since-records-began

[Canary42]

///hey my stalker !///

Narcissus - it's always got to be about you.

[ToraToraTora]

anne: "Trust me ttt if I were a stalker you would be bottom of my list. " - just going by the evidence love!

[ToraToraTora]

lanks: "If they are so deprived where do they get the money from to buy them" - like all druggies their habit is the most important thing, so they mainly steal from their relatives. Scotland is the drug abuse capital of Europe and not far off top in the world, I wonder why that would be??

[gness]

Honestly, TTT, could it be that sometimes one's neighbours just drive one to drink, drugs and despair? ;-)

[douglas9401]

"...just going by the evidence love!"

Fancy a butchers at the post at 19:09? Or doesn't it fit your 'narrative'?

[ToraToraTora]

19:21, dougie I have nothing but respect for you, you know that, but your people seem to need drugs me old china!

[Old_Geezer]

Anyone can do daft things, and identifying what may have led to a daft decision can be useful. One may need to walk in another's shoes to appreciate a situation.

[Paigntonian]

Try being a 12-year-old on a sink estate and resisting the pressure from other older boys. Your question is ridiculous.

[ToraToraTora]

anne: "Trust me ttt if I were a stalker you would be bottom of my list." - not going by the evidence love! don't worry your time will come!

[Togo]

//Try being a 12-year-old on a sink estate and resisting the pressure from other older boys.//

Or girls ... or are there no female addicts and influencers?