How many more funerals before the system changes?

Drug deaths in Scotland rose by 11% in 2025, from 1,017 to 1,133. This happened after years of national missions, strategies, taskforces, consultations, working groups and promises that lessons were learned. When will Scotland admit that the system itself needs to change? “In drugs policy we have created an extraordinary ecosystem around failure,” Annemarie Ward of Favor UK highlighted.