expatowner Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 04/07/2018 at 22:09, ICTChris said: Figures released have shown that drug related deaths in Scotland have reached record levels, with 934 deaths being attributed to illegal drug usage across the country in 2017. Not far off the figures for Coronavirus this year. Such an overrated problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 11/02/2020 at 08:55, Cardinal Richelieu said: And you're gone. This latest spate in spam is quite mystifying. This account started up several months ago and didn't even post any links for a while. And on the surface, they sound quite legit - as if they're trying to help. The fact that they keep posting links and never choose their favourite team is what usually outs them (I was going to say and never talks about football, but you can level that accusation at me). What's the deal here? Are they getting paid to boost page rankings or something? Maybe @Mr X can clarify. What's that you say, @Cardinal Richelieu? *No chosen team. *Never posts about football. *Posts links. <<<Worried. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 On 11/02/2020 at 09:13, 8MileBU said: What you did there. I seen it... These bots are probably drug dealers who know P&B is a prime hotbed of weekend powder sniffers and pill poppers. (For full time smackheads see Hibs thread and Throbber). They first make people aware that help is out there, then start punting them their gear and use raising awareness of addiction support as their caveat to pedal their wares. That’s how I roll anyway. Wanting anything? https://www.talktofrank.com/ Pigeonholing the demographic of P&B would be nigh on impossible without years of studeous research and analysis. Just listing the Poster categories would be a tough ask.... VLs, perverts, Alcoholics, insomniacs, bigots, serial killers, Da's, puddle drinkers, psychopaths, sociopaths, narcissists, drug users (various scales of usage), pseudo intellectuals, Communists, Fascists, Socialists, Centrists, Conservatives, Nationalists......this list is non exhaustive! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engelbert_humperdink Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 12/02/2020 at 23:37, expatowner said: Not far off the figures for Coronavirus this year. Such an overrated problem. Thats only illegal drug use. Would like to know the figures for prescription overdoses 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 55 minutes ago, amazing star said: And I'm sure that after the covid pandemic the statistis will be bigger. This will happen because of the isolation at home. What do bots use to get wasted? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I've got a mate who is a paramedic and he says that they are constantly getting ODs due to Heroin cut with Fentanyl. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I'm on fentanyl patches atm. Barely feel anything off them, but apparently they're ripe for boiling the fentanyl off and injecting. Going to give that a swerve mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 The late Mrs.RN #3 was on fentanyl patches for severe back pain when she died (not connected afaik).There were dozens leftover, could’ve sold them for a fortune if I’d known 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 8 hours ago, johnnydun said: What do bots use to get wasted? Botamine. Love disappearing up a b-hole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 After a big delay in the release of the figures, it's been announced today that 1,264 people died due to drugs misuse in 2019. This is a 6% rise on 2018 and double the figures for 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55184961 This table is frankly astounding 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Incredible figures. We should definitely do something about this. My suggestion is that we should treat this like a military invasion. We could perhaps call it 'the war on drugs'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Welcome to Scotland. Life is is shite, then you die. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Incredible figures. We should definitely do something about this. My suggestion is that we should treat this like a military invasion. We could perhaps call it 'the war on drugs'. I'd suggest legalising the use of illicit drugs, following leads from countries like Portugal that have safe areas to inject,clean needles, more rehab beds. The Road to Recovery project that was a key government policy has not delivered. Successive scottish governments have failed in this regard We need to follow a biopsychosocial model approach, absinthe aims do not work. Having previously worked in addictions for ten years and in custodial settings the present system just doesn't meet the needs of what is actually required. Don't just give people a substitute prescription then pap them back into their life of deprivation. There needs to be proper behavioural support, peer support, opportunities for training etc. Its more than just treating with medications, it needs life change. Time for an urgent rethink. Edited December 15, 2020 by Tynierose 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Incredible figures. We should definitely do something about this. My suggestion is that we should treat this like a military invasion. We could perhaps call it 'the war on drugs'. are the figure like for like? Does Scotland record death by drugs over-dose differently to all other countries? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC. Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 That is absolutely horrendous reading. Extreme measures are required during extreme times. Making opioids legal with rehab consultation a la Portugal in the early 2000s is probably the option we need to look to. Scotland also has a massive problem with cocaine as well. Need to get to the root of these problems for good. Definitely a health emergency now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 It will be even worse this year if America is anything to go by, heard a Senator for Ohio (I think) talking last night saying they had finally got their opioid epidemic under control last year, deaths down about 20%, but with Covid stopping therapy etc and the isolation and unemployment, its now back up to worse than before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 We could of course just copy other countries like Portugal where what they do seems to work instead of...instead of what we do now? Why do we not do that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: We could of course just copy other countries like Portugal where what they do seems to work instead of...instead of what we do now? Why do we not do that? Quote The classification and control of ‘controlled drugs’ in the United Kingdom is reserved to the UK Government. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Something must be working in Edinburgh though, did it not used to be really bad for drug deaths? Now behind Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen, in line with Fife according to the BBC map. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkmenbashi Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 31 minutes ago, Caledonian1 said: are the figure like for like? Does Scotland record death by drugs over-dose differently to all other countries? I believe, someone can correct me if I am wrong, that it is because Scotland counts every death which could be caused by drugs (ie car crash with driver being on cocaine or aids caused by needle sharing etc), whereas others count those purely caused by drugs and nothing else. If I remember correctly, other nations would look worse this way, but we still likely be the worst overall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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