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13.01.2022 - 19:44 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A former top cop who once argued for an end to short prison sentences has been put in charge of the taskforce aiming to end Scotland's drugs death crisis.
David Strang, who served as chief constable of Lothian & Borders constabulary until 2013, was confirmed in the post today after the previous occupant resigned.
The Record revealed last month how Professor Catriona Matheson walked out on the Scottish Drugs Death Taskforce (DDTF) amid claims SNP ministers were forcing the body to rush its work.
It was established in January last year to help lead the fightback against the public health crisis that sees more people die from drugs in Scotland per head of population than anywhere else in Europe.
But the DDTF has endured a rocky start to its work after Matheson levelled stinging personal criticism at SNP drugs policy minister Angela Constance - claiming she only attended two taskforce meetings.
Drug deaths in Scotland reached a record high of 1,339 in 2020 and early figures for last year suggest there was only a slight decrease.
Constance told MSPs in a statement today that Strang would be expected to "accelerate" the final recommendations of the DDTF.
"This change in leadership marks a new chapter for what has been a valued contributor to work being done all across Scotland," she said.
"“I have asked the taskforce to accelerate its final recommendations planned for this year and I am aiming to get those in the summer.
"As we focus now on delivery and change on the ground, we need quicker, practical advice from the Taskforce – building on what it has already provided and achieved."
Constance also announced the government was moving forward with plans to establish a safe drugs consumption room in Glasgow.
She said talks were
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