Glasgow City has overtaken Dundee this year with the highest drug misuse death rate of all local authority areas, with 44.4 people dying per 100,000 population, more than twice as high as the average across Scotland as a whole (19.8). The rate in Dundee was slightly lower at 43.1,...
In 2018,1,187 people diedas a result of drugs. This is a record, up 27% compared with 2018, and in just a decade up 107% from 2008. Scotland's drug death rateis nownearly three times that of the UK as a whole. Scottish ministers admit that it's apublic health emergency, but fa...
"Supply offences are not included and Police Scotland will enforce these, and other crimes, as they always have." 'Everybody is using' Julie – not her real name – has been using drugs for six years and was sleeping rough in the city centre when she spoke to BBC Scotland in December....
A record linkage study of drug-related death and suicide after hospital discharge among drug-treatment clients in Scotland, 1996-2006. Addiction 2013; 108: 377 - 384.Merrall E. L. C., Bird S. M., Hutchinson S. J. A record linkage study of drug-related death and suicide after hospital...
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Mortality and cause of death among 1705 illicit drug users: a 37 year follow up. Introduction and Aims. To examine the overall mortality and causes of deaths of a large cohort of users of illicit drugs in Stockholm over 37 years. Design... M Stenbacka,A Leifman,ANDERS ROMELSJ - 《...
Scotland has a stubborn addiction to hard drugs spanning generations. Politicians of all colours have failed to properly get a grip of the emergency. Deaths have spiralled in the past decade, leavingGlasgowwith the shameful badge of being Europe's drugs death epicentre. ...
Drug-related deaths as reported by participating coroners and procurators-fiscal in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Guernsey & Jersey Compared with other European countries, France's low number of drug use-related deaths may appear enviable. Previous studies have suggested...
Etizolam and gabapentinoids, central nervous system drugs with sedative effects and high potential for abuse, may be both driving a culture of polydrug use and contributing to an increasing pattern of drug-related deaths in Scotland, according to a new s
which had long been delayed by political disagreements. Authorities hope the pilot project will help tackle drug misuse problems in Scotland, which has the highest drug death figures in Western Europe and saw almost three times the rate ...