Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to Police Scotland to help tackle drug-related crime.
Operational decisions about measures to tackle drug-related crime are a matter for the Chief Constable, under the oversight of the Scottish Police Authority. The Scottish Government is committed to working with all its partners to reduce the damaging impacts of substance misuse. This includes the ‘Choices for Life’ schools based substance misuse education programme, delivered in partnership with Police Scotland and Young Scot.