Peter Krykant

Drugs safety activist

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Drug users prepare cocaine before injecting, inside of a Safe Consumption van set up by Peter Krykant on September 25, 2020 in Glasgow

COMMENT Scotland must act on drug deaths even if the UK won’t

SCOTLAND’S Drugs Policy Minister Elena Whitham on Friday launched a call for

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So much more could have been done in past years to lower Scotland's drug deaths. Many lives could have been saved

COMMENT Peter Krykant: Will a new FM make any difference to shameful drug death rates?

HAVING met with Nicola Sturgeon on more than one occasion, I am positive that one of her “deep regrets” from her time as Scotland’s longest-serving First Minister is being unable to reduce Scotland’s drastic drug death toll over the last few years.

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Former health minister Joe FitzPatrick put forward the current drug task force when he first took office back in 2018 – which urgently needs to be reevaluated. Photograph: Jamie Simpson

COMMENT This approach is cutting drug deaths in one English region – it could do the same here

SCOTLAND’S drug death crisis rages on, with another 1330 lives lost in 2021. In July 2019 – in response to deaths jumping by 27% in 2018 to a record of 1187 in a year – as some Scottish politicians called for a public inquiry, then health minister Joe FitzPatrick set up a taskforce.

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Peter Krykant says that warnings for Class A drug possession are a good first step in combating the drug deaths crisis in Scotland but there is still more that can be done to help people

NATIONAL EXTRA Peter Krykant: Warnings for Class A drugs is good step but there's still more to do

YESTERDAY the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC took what I believe is the biggest step forward in drug policy reform in Scotland since the 50-year-old failed Misuse of Drugs Act became law.

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Peter Krykant in the mobile overdose prevention service he launched

Peter Krykant: How we're marking International Overdose Awareness Day at Holyrood
AUGUST 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. At 10am we will gather outside the Scottish Parliament to remember loved ones, provide information on overdose response, including stimulant and opioid overdose and Naloxone - the straightforward lifesaving kit that anyone can do a simple course to administer and carry.

Jamie's family were in no way to blame for his death. Society is to blame, bad policy is to blame

Comment Running to be an MSP is about more than politics, it's about our communities

CHRISTMAS is often a time we remember loved ones that are no longer with us, parents, or grandparents for most. Imagine spending Christmas day at the graveside of your 31-year-old son.

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