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I was not suggesting that it was exclusively young people and people suffering deprivation, in its various forms, who take drugs. However, of the people who die from the use of drugs, the proportion from those categories is far higher.
There is considerable fear that, if the trend continues, communities will begin to die out, which would mean the loss of special communities with their own identities and cultures.
That could be a general practitioner, and I must admit that I did not like the BMA going coy on us today when I asked roughly how long it can take someone to die through the removal of fluids and artificial sustenance.
A calculation of the possible impact of a ban on smoking in workplaces in Glasgow suggests that up to 1,000 fewer people would die each year of heart disease, respiratory diseases and cancers.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, of real benefit has been offered to the chamber. More will die in the long waiting period; some have died already.Yesterday, the First Minister paid tribute to the work of parliamentary committees.
This year, our landmark legislation will begin to protect people in pubs, clubs and other public places throughout Scotland from the dangers of passive smoking. Thirteen thousand Scots die each year because of smoking-related diseases.
Everyone experiments, but the poor die. We must also recognise that youngsters from families in which there are serious addiction problems are experimenting with drugs.
Sometimes I feel that, if somebody is disabled, they are fighting from the day that they are born until the day that they die. That should not be the case. We used to sit down with the Health and Safety Executive and argue our points about certain things in the workshop.