Drug deaths toll is 'horrendous'
Daily Record|August 22, 2023
Time to put an end to 'national shame'
VIVIENNE AITKEN
Drug deaths toll is 'horrendous'

CAMPAIGNERS have warned that Scotland's shameful drug-death record is set to continue when the latest figures are announced today.

In 2021, 1330 people died because of drugs in Scotland a rate of 250 per million and the highest in Europe.

This was despite the Scottish Government declaring a drug-death emergency in 2019 after a Daily Record campaign.

As the 2033 are figures released, CEO of addiction charity Favor UK Annemarie Ward warned the loss of life was still "horrendous".

This story is from the August 22, 2023 edition of Daily Record.

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