Legal Highs 'A Ticking Timebomb'

The problem of so-called 'legal highs' is 'a ticking timebomb' in Fife

The problem of so-called 'legal highs' is 'a ticking timebomb' in Fife

That's according to the newly-merged Fife Alcohol Support Service and Fife Community Drug Service, which is looking ahead to its first full year as a partnership. Psychoactive substances technically fall outwith the confines of the law, but are particularly harmful because they're generally untested.

At the final FASS AGM as a single service, service manager Jim Bett said: "The merger with Fife Community Drug Service was perhaps the greatest change in the history of FASS. We find practical solutions for recovery from alcohol-related problems, often within complex psychological and relationship issues.

"Because both FASS and FCDS have been leading agencies in the field of alcohol and drug work for many years, we both have great knowledge and expertise in our respective disciplines. I believe that we now have a much greater ability to be responsive and adaptive to changing needs and trends, such as the problems of alcohol and its consequences for individuals, families, and community; the growing use of new psychoactive substances; and the damage that economic deprivation and isolation brings to mental health and social well-being."

Mr Bett told Kingdom FM News that the collaboration allows for a joined-up approach to substance misuse in Fife: