In response to a Freedom of Information request, the Scottish Population Health Directorate shared the number of alcohol-serving establishments, associated health harms and costs,the number of drug/alcohol services, and more.
The statistics demonstrate that in 2022 there were 1051 deaths due to drug misuse in Scotland, which is 279 deaths fewer than in 2021 and the lowest number of drug misuse deaths since 2017. The change between 2021 and 2022 is the largest year on year decrease on record. In 2022, an in...
State of Health School children who took drugs in last month in England 2023, by age and gender Recommended statistics European overview UK overview Hospital admissions and treatment for drug misuse Drug use among children Drug related deaths Drug offencesKey...
rates of intentional drug-overdose death are particularly high for both sexes; drug overdoses cause half of the female suicides. Iceland, Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland are other high-risk countries in terms of both sexes' overdose rates, perhaps reflecting the availability...
Recent research on organized crime narratives in Scotland highlights a similar picture (Densley et al.2018). In the context of high levels of ontological security—generated by the dual combination of economic deprivation and a lack of recognition (Young2007)—drug dealing delivered a double form ...
The application of multiple omics technologies in biomedical cohorts has the potential to reveal patient-level disease characteristics and individualized response to treatment. However, the scale and heterogeneous nature of multi-modal data makes integration and inference a non-trivial task. We developed ...
Drug checking services (DCS) provide harm reduction support and advice to individuals based on chemical analysis of submitted substances of concern. Whilst there are currently no DCS in Scotland, community-based services are being planned in three cities. ...
Objectives: This study is a trend analysis on drug-related deaths in Nova Scotia from the years 2007-2010 with an interest in comparing drug-related deaths... S Ling - 《Canadian Journal of Addiction Medicine》 被引量: 1发表: 2013年 Drug-related deaths: Statistics based on death certificates...
From supplying friends with cannabis to being exploited by gangs, research by Ross Deuchar has charted how disadvantaged young men in Glasgow are lured into the world of drug dealing. Following damning statistics on the scale of the problem, he urges tea
A new strategy on drug misuse has been promised by the Scottish Government following the publication of statistics on drug misuse this week. The statistics, published by Information Services Division Scotland, reveal a 35 per cent rise in methadone prescribing over the past five years. In the sam...