Experts condemn public health emergency as ‘national tragedy and disgrace’

Scotland’s drug-related death toll has risen to another grim record, as long-delayed figures published on Tuesday revealed a death rate more than 3.5 times that of the UK as a whole and higher than those reported for all EU countries.

The public health emergency, which was the subject of political deadlock between Holyrood and Westminster governments over drug legislation before the pandemic, was condemned by experts as a “national tragedy and disgrace”.

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