‘More than words’ are required

Politicians last night reacted to the disturbing images.

North East MSP Bill Bowman described the incident as “appalling” and said “more than words” are required to address Dundee’s drug problem.

He said: “People across the city and beyond will be shocked by this image of what appears to be someone passed out after injecting themselves with drugs.

“The fact that this discovery was made in a city centre car park in the middle of the day by a young family makes it even worse.

“This is a very public example of the appalling problem with drug abuse that we have in Dundee.

“It should spur us all into action to do more to deal with the underlying issues behind this type of behaviour. We need more than just words from the relevant authorities about how they will deal with this in practical terms.”

West End councillor Fraser Macpherson said: “The fact this man was discovered by a young couple with a baby is very concerning.

“There is a need to look at security in the car park area, and I will contact the director of city development in relation to this.

“It’s clearly important that there is sufficient and adequate access to drug rehabilitation programmes.

“But the crucial thing is to also ensure public places are absolutely secured.”