The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7315 p307
4 September 2004

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Drug-related deaths down

The number of deaths resulting from misuse of drugs has fallen in Scotland, according to data released this week. There were 317 drug-related deaths in 2003, 17 per cent less than in 2002. Heroin/morphine was involved in 175 deaths, diazepam in 153, methadone in 87, temazepam in 35, cocaine in 29 and ecstasy in 14 (some deaths involved more than one drug).