In 2020, the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland (/article/news/scotland-logs-highest-number-of-drug-related-deaths-on-record-in-2020) , the majority resulting from use of opioids or benzodiazepines, rose to more than 1,300-its highest annual number since records began. It was a situation that Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said was “unacceptable” and “shameful” (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/30/drug-deaths-soar-scotland-shameful-scar-nicola-sturgeons-conscience/) , becoming something of a political football in Holyrood.
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