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This is a very important subject, and we need to get it right in Scotland. We also need to get it right fairly quickly, or as a nation we will be left behind.
The local community has been far from convinced by SEPA's inspection activities and its failure to apply sanctions when problems were found at the site.
We must do more to find community support for them. We must fund and support activities in the community, whether it be sport, youth club activities or social activities.
Individuals invited to take part in those projects will be either known offenders or in a group that has a high risk of becoming involved in drug taking. We want to get young people out of a cycle of negative activity and into a pattern of positive activity.
It should allow commuters and passengers who want to enjoy the benefits of improved rail travel in Scotland—whose numbers continue to increase—to get back on the trains so that they can get to work and get home again, too.