Nicola Sturgeon has admitted her administration took its "eye off the ball" when it came to the issue of drug deaths - Jane Barlow / PA Drug deaths in Scotland have surged again despite the SNP making ...

Alcohol deaths in Scotland fell last year to the lowest number since 2019, the latest official figures have shown. The statistics from National Records of Scotland (NRS) revealed that 1,185 people ...

Scotland's drug deaths remain the highest in Europe despite repeated government pledges to tackle the issue, new figures have shown. Last year there was a 12% rise in the number of drug misuse-related ...

Latest figures showed alcohol deaths in Scotland last year fell to their lowest level since before the Covid pandemic. But Scotland continues to have the highest rate of alcohol specific deaths of any ...

The chair of Scotland's Drug Deaths Taskforce has called for reform of UK drugs legislation to switch the balance from criminalising addicts in favour of a public health approach to reducing ...

A record number of people are living in Scotland, topping 5.5m for the first time last year. But deaths have outnumbered births for the last decade, so why is the population still rising? The simple ...

Scotland remains the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row despite a 13% fall in fatalities, official figures suggest. There were 1,017 drug misuse deaths in 2024, down 155 from ...

Scottish ministers are urging the UK government to transform current drug laws in such a way that would decriminalize all drugs for personal use. "We want to create a society where problematic drug ...

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LONDON — Scottish authorities on Wednesday approved a $2.8-million drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin ...

Deaths from Covid-19 infections over the festive period were twice as high as Scottish Government advisers had predicted, it has emerged. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you ...