Alcohol Deaths in Scotland at Double UK RateByline: SIMON JOHNSONDaily Mail (London)
Alcohol related deaths increased in Scotland during the pandemic, when restrictions meant fewer people were able to access treatment. An analysis from Public Health Scotland (PHS) found that total alcohol sales were 9% lower in 2020 compared with the average of the previous three years, mainly ...
P Mannelli,LT Wu - 《American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse》 被引量: 0发表: 2019年 Heroin use deaths soar but drink is main killer. THE number of deaths from heroin use has more than trebled since records began.And the number of drug users dying from cocaine is falling.However, ...
Participants felt that DCS may garner mixed views from the wider public. Some described a growing understanding amongst the public of the need to act on the high levels of drug-related deaths, while others pointed to the ongoing stigma surrounding drug use. It was noted that, to address poten...
SIMD score = quintile distribution; 12 relevant SIMD indicators = Income Deprivation Rate; Employment Deprivation Rate; Comparative Illness Factor; Hospital stays related to alcohol use; Hospital stays related to drug use; Standardised Mortality Ratio; Proportion of population prescribed drugs ...
A previous study related to the same research project found that the lowering of the limit had no impact on the number of road traffic accidents. The latest paper, "How did a lower drink-drive limit affect bar trade and drinking practices? A qualitative study of how alcohol retailers experien...
Retrospective analysis using population level administrative data from British Columbia has shown that as minimum alcohol prices increase, there is an associated decrease in population consumption [12], hospital admissions [13], deaths [14], and crimes [15] related to alcohol. Similar results have ...
Tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy foods and gambling are all products or activities which people pay to consume, and are marketed, for profit. Potential controls that could therefore be applied include consumption bans (universal or targeted at specific sub-populations, such as children, or specific locati...
Toxicology of Scotland's drugs-related deaths in 2000–2007: Presence of heroin, methadone, diazepam and alcohol by sex, age-group and era. Addiction Research and Theory. 2011; 19 :170–178.Bird S.M., Robertson J.R. Toxicology of Scotland's drugs related deaths in 2000 2007: presence ...
Death rates from drug and alcohol misuse have doubled in Scotland in the past 15 years so it is time for drug and alcohol services to be delivered in a more co-ordinated way,an Audit Scotland report concludes.The report,published earlier this week,reveals that in 2007-08 173m was spent ...