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Mornings: With Calum Macdonald - 27/02/2020

Calum MacDonald

With Calum Macdonald - 27/02/2020

BBC Radio Scotland - Mornings, With Calum Macdonald - 27/02/2020

Do we need to treat drugs as a public health issue rather than as a crime? 0808 5 92 9500

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A drugs summit is running in Glasgow to discuss measures to tackle the record number of deaths in the UK. Almost 4,300 people died from drug misuse across the UK in 2018, a record figure, and the numbers for last year are expected to be just as high. The latest figures showed an average of more than three people a day dying of drug overdoses in Scotland.

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PROCESSED FOOD
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MESSAGE TO GIRLS 
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BUS TRAVEL
The Scottish government is to set up a free bus travel scheme for under-19s as part of an SNP-Green budget deal. And figures have shown that the number of people travelling by bus in Scotland has dropped by 10% in five years, according to new figures. Will free bus travel get more young people on the buses?

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