Twelve people have died from suspected drug overdoses in Stirling so far this year - just one fewer than in the whole of 2021.
As of August 3, police say the year-to-date statistics have already almost reached the 13 cases registered in Stirling in the 12 months of last year.
And across Forth Valley drug-related deaths in 2021 reached 59, while this year so far there have been a total of 32.
