The number of people who have lost their lives to drugs since the SNP was first elected as Scotland’s government could pass the ‘grim milestone’ of 10,000 this week.
In December it was revealed 1,264 Scots had lost their lives to drugs in 2019 – a 6 per cent increase on 2018 and more than double the number of deaths in 2014. The statistics marked Scotland out as the worst country in Europe for drugs deaths. Last year Dani Garavelli explored the effect of our drug death crisis with this powerful column which I urge anyone struggling to comprehend the human cost to read: One mother's story and the scandal of Scotland's drugs death crisis
The number of people who have lost their lives to drugs since the SNP was first elected as Scotland’s government could pass the ‘grim milestone’ of 10,000 this week.
Regulators reduced the number of full investigations into complaints about care homes across Scotland as Covid-19 ripped through the country’s social care sector during the pandemic, it can be revealed.
The number of people in Scotland detained for mental health treatment saw an above-average rise last year, with more than half of detentions lacking a key safeguard for the first time, according to a new report.
Fully-vaccinated people people from European Union countries and the United States arriving in Scotland will not have to quarantine from 4am on Monday, the Scottish Government announced today.
Ange Postecolgou cut a weary figure following Celtic’s excruciating 2-1 extra-time exit to FC Midtjylland in the second round qualifier of the Champions League.
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