{"id":97623,"date":"2023-08-18T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/everyone-is-taking-it-cocaine-addiction-spirals-in-scotland-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T00:00:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:00:29","slug":"everyone-is-taking-it-cocaine-addiction-spirals-in-scotland-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/everyone-is-taking-it-cocaine-addiction-spirals-in-scotland-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Everyone is taking it&#8217;: Cocaine addiction spirals in Scotland | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/O5Q3BmiQnEk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Everyone is taking it': Cocaine addiction spirals in Scotland | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5Q3BmiQnEk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Having the worst drug death rate in Europe is an unwanted status Scotland cannot shake off.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of pounds is being thrown at the problem by the Scottish government, yet year after year the deaths still remain shamefully high.<\/p>\n<p>The poorest communities in Scotland have 18 times more deaths, but every part of society is affected.<\/p>\n<p>This is in part due to the drugs that have flooded into communities over the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>Read Peter Smith&#8217;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<\/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 Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having the worst drug death rate in Europe is an unwanted status Scotland cannot shake off. 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