Scotland has worst drugs problem in Europe as death rate soars
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More than 1,000 deaths involved methadone, heroin and morphine, but a large percentage of those who died - 792 - had also taken pills such as diazepam.
By Auslan Cramb
Scotland’s drugs death rate is now higher than the USA and every other country in Europe, and three times the UK average, according to shocking new figures.
The statistics released on Tuesday revealed that 1,187 people died following drug use last year, an increase of 27 per cent on 2017.
Methadone, the heroin substitute prescr...
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