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Daily Record
Daily Record
Politics
Chris McCall

Suspected drugs deaths in Scotland 'sharply increase' in latest quarterly report

Labour has renewed calls for the Scottish Government to scrap planned cuts to drug and alcohol services in light of a "heartbreaking" rise in drug deaths.

Quarterly figures published today found the number of suspected fatalities from drugs in October and November increased following a downward trend.

Public Health Scotland said 109 people died from suspected drug use in November last year - higher than the same month in both 2021 (89) and 2020 (93).

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