Monthly Archives: July 2025

Deprivation a Driving Factor of Drug-Related Deaths Scotland continues to face the most severe drug-related mortality crises within the UK and across Europe (see Scotland Drug-Related Deaths Scandal this website) with significant disparities between the rates in socially deprived and affluent groups.  Analysis of data from the National Records of Scotland reveals that drug-related deaths…

Two Decades of Rising Drug Related Deaths Data from National Records Scotland reveals Scotland's drug-related death (DRD) crisis has exploded over the past two decades.   Since 2004 the DRD rate has grown from 356 to 1065 deaths per year (see Figure 1 and Table 1). Breaking down the data by gender reveals even more distressing…