Fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters, and in my experience many of them have been drug-related.

I have taken cocaine, speed, ecstasy, bubbles, and smoked dope and grass since I was 15.

I felt so depressed when I didn’t have anything or if I was on a come-down, but to be honest it wasn’t very often I did come down.

I am sharing my story to say drugs are not the answer. Of course it is great at the time sitting nutted with all your friends, but is this the way you want your life to be?

Or do you want to make your parents proud of you? Don’t make them sit up from a Friday to a Tuesday worried about you, wondering if you’re lying dead somewhere.

All I want to say is: think of the people you are hurting. Ask for help, there is a lot out there.

I fell pregnant at 19 and I thought to myself I can’t bring a child into this. My life was a joke. So I got help, stopped taking drugs and I start college in September. I have never been so happy. — Leanne M.

In that time, I’ve had new double glazing, a full re-wiring, gas central heating installed, new kitchen and bathroom.

I have never had any problems with the contractors. They have always been pleasant and very good at tidying up any mess … until now.

I had the roof of my building tiled and, after having the scaffolding up for almost seven weeks, I asked the council if they would do a one-time cut for me as the grass by this time was too high and I couldn’t manage.

After being passed along various lines I was finally told that they would cut my grass.

The scaffolding has been down for four weeks now and despite calls and even a letter to Councillor Roberts, my back garden is still uncut.

I can’t let my dog out, hang my washing out or just enjoy the garden, as the grass is over four feet tall. — Jane Barr.

However, he was obviously mentally unstable and was crying out for help. Help wasn’t there for him.

He was scared of getting hurt and you could hear that on the TV coverage.

If he had wanted to do what he said he would do i.e. target police officers, and later on the public, he would have done it. He had the expertise to do this. He wouldn’t have stayed out of sight for a week if this were his intention.

He wasn’t a coward, he was ill. He didn’t deserve to die; he should have stood trial to face what he had done. I do not think he is a legend but I certainly do think that he shouldn’t have been killed. — Disappointed, Dundee.

I have, however, noticed sometimes there could be three buses along in a 10-minute period. It may be better if only every second bus travelled out to the Craigowl estate.

I do not want to lose this service having waited so long for it to come our way. — Happy Bus User.

For Mr Lawrence Davie to say they have improved the service of the 11/12 bus is wrong.

It now terminates at Primark and the last bus into town is 3pm, leaving some elderly and disabled residents with no bus service.

I would also like to mention the 26 bus which goes up Coupar Angus Road. Why can’t it circle the roundabout at Langshaw Road like the 11/12 bus did, catering for many elderly and disabled people at the complex, who now have to walk to the nearest bus stop, not to mention crossing the busy Coupar Angus Road? — Disgusted Bus User.

Supermarkets and rotten food. I cannot agree more with Dundee Reader. The food supplied by the biggest supermarket outlet in Britain is a disgrace. Over the last six months I have disposed of six trays of strawberries from Egypt, and now the potatoes are a problem. Two weeks after purchase, I found two rotten potatoes at the bottom of the bag. They were just a mush.

The seagull cull. It’s about time. These vermin have wrecked my roof and I am now facing a £700+ bill to repair it. People’s cars are covered in droppings and they are nothing but a menace. The noise and damage caused is terrible. — Rotten, Dundee.