Scots suspected drug deaths surge by 8% in first quarter of 2024
Shocking figures have revealed suspected drug deaths have risen by 8% in the latest three-month period. According to official data - based on Police Scotland reports - officers attending scenes of deaths, estimated there were 320 suspected deaths in the first three months of the year, 23 more than in the October to December quarter.
The data also highlighted 61% of the suspected drug deaths were between the ages of 35 and 54, while there were 13 estimated deaths in the under-25 group – 19% fewer than the same period of 2023. Greater Glasgow was the police division with the greatest number of suspected drug deaths with 71, followed by 32 in Edinburgh City, 30 in the North East and Renfrewshire and Inverclyde divisions respectively.
“We are continuing to expand residential rehabilitation capacity and are committed to delivering a £2.3 million a year, safer drug consumption facility pilot, which Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership is working at pace to establish. Licence applications for drug-checking facilities in Aberdeen and Dundee have been submitted to the Home Office, with a further application for a service in Glasgow expected to be submitted soon.
“We’re working hard to respond to the growing threat from super-strong synthetic opioids like nitazenes in an increasingly toxic and unpredictable drug supply. Such synthetics, which increase the risk of overdose, hospitalisation and death, are being found in a range of substances. Because of their strength I would urge people to carry extra life-saving naloxone kits.”
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