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Drug deaths reach record high in Scotland

Drug deaths reach record high in Scotland

Drug-related deaths reached another record high in Scotland last year, according to new figures.

11 Jul 2018
Scotland

Alcohol deaths continue to rise in Scotland but fewer teens drinking

Alcohol deaths continue to rise in Scotland but fewer teens drinking

Alcohol-related deaths for adults have risen for the fourth year in a row in Scotland, according to new figures.

29 Jun 2018
Scotland

Recovering alcoholic: Minimum pricing is good even ‘if only some people drink a little less’

Recovering alcoholic: Minimum pricing is good even ‘if only some people drink a little less’

21 May 2018
Scotland

Minimum alcohol pricing introduced in Scotland

Minimum alcohol pricing introduced in Scotland

1 May 2018
Scotland

‘Creating drug rooms tells users: We have given up on you’

‘Creating drug rooms tells users: We have given up on you’

25 Apr 2018
Scotland

Scottish Govt consults over controversial first ‘drug room’

Scottish Govt consults over controversial first ‘drug room’

10 Apr 2018
Scotland

Scots police chief tells MSPs to ‘end the stigma of drugs’

Scots police chief tells MSPs to ‘end the stigma of drugs’

6 Feb 2018
Scotland

Scots welcome minimum pricing for alcohol

Scots welcome minimum pricing for alcohol

15 Nov 2017
Scotland

‘Troubling’ figures reveal 700 babies were born drug-dependent in Scotland in five years

1 Sep 2017
Scotland

Drug-related deaths reach record high in Scotland

18 Aug 2017
Scotland

Drug-driving crackdown announced by Scots Govt

24 Apr 2017
Scotland

Mum of daughter killed by drug-driver calls for stricter laws

21 Apr 2017
Scotland

Alarming new drug-driving figures in Scotland

31 Mar 2017
Scotland

Charity calls for drug-driving ban in Scotland

24 Mar 2017
Scotland