We look at some of the key incidents thought to involve drug lords including Mark Richardson and Dubai-based so-called Mr Big ...

Separately, the Scottish Drugs Forum reported that Scotland had "not achieved the target 9% increase" in the number of people having treatment for drug addiction, said The Guardian. Health ...

The Scottish government has called for the decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use. It wants the UK government to change the laws to allow people to be "treated and supported rather than ...

Scottish drugs minister Elena Whitham said ‘criminalisation increases the harms people experience. Criminalisation kills’. The Scottish Government wants to decriminalise the possession of ...

LONDON — Scottish authorities on Wednesday approved a $2.8-million drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as cocaine and ...

The Scottish government has proposed decriminalizing possession of all drugs for personal use to tackle one of Europes highest overdose death rates. The semi-autonomous Edinburgh government ...

Scottish government calls on Westminster to decriminalise personal drug use The move would allow those found in possession of drugs to be treated and supported, rather than criminalised and ...

Scotland's drug deaths remain the highest in Europe despite repeated government pledges to tackle the issue, new figures have shown. Last year there was a 12% rise in the number of drug misuse ...

Radical drug reforms proposed by the Scottish Government – including decriminalisation of possession for personal use – were knocked down by Westminster within an hour of being announced.

LONDONLONDON — Scottish authorities on Wednesday approved a 2.3 million-pound ($2.8 million) pound drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take ...

LONDON (AP) — Scottish authorities have approved a multimillion pound drug consumption room. It’s the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as ...