A vigil is to be held on George Square to remember the 394 Glasgwegians who lost their lives to drugs.
Members of the public will be encouraged to light candles in a show of support for families affected and those who died. The vigil is due to be held at 10pm on Sunday.
A total of 394 deaths were recorded in Greater Glasgow and Clyde last year 2018, a 33 per cent increase and the most of any region in Scotland.
Read more: Glasgow drug deaths soar due to increaese in fatal overdose cases
The figures prompted the Evening Times to call on the UK Government, Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council to host a summit in the city to discuss solutions to the rocketing drug deaths.
Read more: Glasgow drug deaths: Home Secretary urged to attend emergency summit
The Scottish Government responded and said it would “seek to host” such a summit in the city. However, we received no response from the new leader of the Conservative party Boris Johnson or Victoria Atkins the Home Office drugs minister.
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here