147K views · 925 reactions | 'You were warned that reducing the funding for addiction services would lead to an increase in deaths' ITV News Scotland Correspondent Peter Smith presses Nicola Sturgeon on the Scottish Government's record tackling the drug crisis in the country Read more: https://bit.ly/2B946yG | ITV News | Facebook

20K views · 1.2K reactions | Nicola, stop trying to break up the Union and deal with Scotland's drug crisis, says Nana Akua  GB News on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3vAYaw0 | GB News | Facebook

Drug deaths in Scotland have fallen to their lowest level in eight years, but remain the highest in Europe. Deaths from drug misuse in 2024 dropped by 13% – or 155 deaths – to 1,017. Glasgow City, Dundee City and Inverclyde council areas had the highest rates of drug misuse deaths in the period 2020-2024, the statistics showed. But despite a drop in drug deaths last year, cases increased by a third in the first three months of 2025. There were 308 such deaths over the period January to March, wi

2.3K views · 31 reactions | Treatment centres have been trying novel approaches to solve Scotland's drug problems. It comes as the Scottish government has called on Westminster to decriminalise all drugs for personal use. More on this story: https://trib.al/N74b7jd | Sky News | Facebook

3.4K views · 29 reactions | What can we do about Scotland’s drug problem? | BBC Radio Scotland | Facebook

Scotland could have mobile safe consumption units and inhalation rooms to tackle its drug deaths crisis, which remains the worst in Europe. https://i.stv.tv/47LLBBc | STV News

Scotland's drug crisis calls for us to work across the chamber to improve the drugs strategy We need to cut drug deaths, cut drug addiction and come down hard on those peddling misery across our communities. | Scottish Conservatives