Oban's Rural Drug Crisis
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New graves tell town's alarming tale of drug deaths
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New graves mark a lost generation in tourist town ravaged by drugs.
Oban is home to just 8,000 people and at least eight recent confirmed or suspected victims of drug misuse were buried here.
The deaths have led to calls for urgent action to tackle addiction in rural Scotland .
Scotland 's Health Secretary Neil Gray accepts more needs to be done to tackle drug misuse in rural areas.
There is no official breakdown of how many lives have been claimed by drugs in small communities such as Oban .
At least eight of the deaths occurred within just a year-and-a-half and were related to drugs, or are still under investigation.
Scotland 's Health Secretary Neil Gray says that both families have his deepest sympathies.
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