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Scotland’s Drug Death Rate Remains Highest in Europe as Figures Increase by 11 per Cent in a Year
- Scotland recorded 10.1 child deaths per 100,000 in 2024, the highest rate in Britain, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report.
- Socioeconomic inequality drives these disparities; children in poorer areas are 14.8 percentage points more likely to have developmental concerns recorded than those in the least deprived regions.
- The National Records of Scotland reported 1,133 drug-related deaths last year, an 11% increase, maintaining the country's position as having Europe's highest drug fatality rate.
- Drugs Minister Maree Todd announced Scotland's first local drug-checking service will open in Glasgow this October, addressing concerns about an "increasingly toxic and unpredictable drugs supply."
- Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton urged multi-year drug funding and safer consumption facilities, stating "this loss of life must compel them to finally make the most of those powers.
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Drug deaths rise 11% with concerns over ‘toxic and unpredictable supply’
Scotland continues to have the highest drugs death rate in Europe, figures show. Deaths from drug use in Scotland rose by 11% last year, with new figures showing 1,133 lives lost as a result. New figures from National Records of Scotland (NRS) showed there 116 more deaths because of drug use in 2025 than there...
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