{"id":381489,"date":"2026-09-23T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/scotland-remains-the-worst-in-europe-for-drug-related-deaths-after-new-stats-show-sharp-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:00:28","slug":"scotland-remains-the-worst-in-europe-for-drug-related-deaths-after-new-stats-show-sharp-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/scotland-remains-the-worst-in-europe-for-drug-related-deaths-after-new-stats-show-sharp-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland remains the worst in Europe for drug related deaths after new stats show sharp rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-wLmr1bu0vk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Scotland remains the worst in Europe for drug related deaths after new stats show sharp rise\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-wLmr1bu0vk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Five years ago Scotland sought to end its reputation as the drug-death capital of Europe, Yet after spending an extra \u00a3250m, it wears that crown for the seventh year in a row.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Annual figures showed a rise in the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland, which already has an unenviable record as the drugs death capital of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to bring down Scotland&#8217;s sky-high rate of drug deaths are being frustrated by the arrival of hundreds of powerful new synthetic substances that experts warn are making the deadly drugs crisis even more dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>In the past three years, there has been an explosion in the supply of new synthetic cannabinoids and opioids, transforming the illicit drugs trade and increasing the risk of fatal overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago Scotland sought to end its reputation as the drug-death capital of Europe, Yet after spending an extra \u00a3250m, it wears that crown for the seventh year in a row.\u00a0 Annual figures showed a rise in the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland, which already has an unenviable record as the drugs death [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":381490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-381489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scotland remains the worst in Europe for drug related deaths after new stats show sharp rise | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Scotland remains the worst in Europe for drug related deaths after new stats show sharp rise for free, here on News ISC. 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