SCOTLAND

Ren in News & Reports
3 February 2022

How Scotland Became Europe’s Ground Zero for a Drug Addiction Emergency

For years, the mystery of Scotland’s addiction crisis has puzzled medical professionals and public health policymakers alike. Why has Scotland, a developed UK country with considerable healthcare resources for its residents, suffered from the worst drug overdose crisis in all of Europe? There are still many unanswered questions, but enough research has been done to extrapolate some of the primary causes behind Scotland’s fatal addiction epidemic.

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Ren in News & Reports
15 April 2021

Drug-Related Deaths and the Scope of Addiction in Scotland

Scotland is suffering from a rapidly expanding drug addiction crisis. Sadly, this has led to a surge in drug-related overdoses across the nation.

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Karen Hadley in Drug abuse
5 September 2016

British Adults Use Plenty of Drugs but Much Smaller Number are Addicted

British Adults Use Plenty of Drugs but Much Smaller Number are Addicted According to a new survey published by The Guardian, nearly one in three British adults has used drugs but not nearly as many consider they have a problem with drugs.

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