What breaks my heart?

​​Cocaine use in Kirkcaldy is at epidemic proportions and it is doing harm to our town. 

Recent data from the Scottish Drug Misuse Database found there had been a spike in cocaine use in Scotland, coinciding with a drop in the price of the drug.  Researchers also found users in Glasgow can have cocaine delivered to their door, faster than a pizza! That’s scary!

In January, there were reports of six pupils at a local high school, requiring emergency treatment, four of whom had been rushed to hospital, as a result of having taken pills outside the school grounds, during their lunch break!
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Fife recorded it’s highest number of drug related deaths in 2017.  66 people died as a result of drug misuse.  Drug related hospital stays also increased by 144% in the 14 years up to 2016-17.  There is a dramatic increase in the number of women dying because of drug use.  While the issue still affects more men than women, deaths among females have risen by a startling 750% in the last decade.  This compares to a 60% increase in men.  These figures are so worrying.

It is heart-breaking to read these statistics.

This is a crisis across Scotland.  So many people losing their lives.  So many families losing loved ones.

Just one bad hit... One bad pill....and it could be GAME OVER for you.