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A new magazine is aiming to give a voice to Scots living with the experience of drug use . ‌

Buzz, which launched in Glasgow last month, is written by "people who use drugs, for people who use drugs". ‌

The magazine is editorially independent but its publication was overseen by the Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) charity, which won grant funding for the project. ‌

Editor Hannah Westwater was hired by the SDF to help recruit and train a team of contributors who write about their real-world experience.

The publication of Buzz comes at a time Scotland continues to deal with the highest number of drugs-related deaths in Europe .

There was a 13 per cent drop in fatalities last year but more than 1,000 Scots still lost their lives to substance abuse in 2024. ‌

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