Having the worst drug death rate in Europe is an unwanted status Scotland cannot shake off.
Millions of pounds is being thrown at the problem by the Scottish government, yet year after year the deaths still remain shamefully high.
The poorest communities in Scotland have 18 times more deaths, but every part of society is affected.
This is in part due to the drugs that have flooded into communities over the last decade.
Read Peter Smith’s full blog on the ITV News website: https://www.itv.com/news/2023-08-17/everyone-is-taking-it-cocaine-addiction-spirals-in-scotland
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