The Guardian view on Scottish drug deaths: put health and safety first | Editorial

Better ways must be found to protect drug users. That can be the only humane response to the terrible news that drug deaths in Scotland have risen by 27% over the past 12 months. At 1,187, the number of fatalities is higher per capita than any other EU country, on a par with the US and three times the rate of England and Wales. Both the Scottish and UK governments should be ashamed. This is an awful toll of human suffering, with the effects of each death rippling out to families and communities.

I wonder how much this number has been affected by SNP introduction of minimum alcohol pricing making drug cocktails a more financially viable option? Why would the country end up so far out of line with the rest of the continent in the year it was introduced? alcoholpricing

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