Scotland's drug deaths remain the highest in Europe despite repeated government pledges to tackle the issue, new figures have shown. Last year there was a 12% rise in the number of drug misuse-related ...

The consultation, which consists of an online survey and drop in sessions, will stay open for 13 weeks until 1 July.

Gary Kelly and Bruce Munro, reforming drug users from Glasgow, count themselves lucky. They have survived the kind of lethal addictions to substances that have left Scotland with the highest ...

BRUSSELS, March 27 (Reuters) - A ⁠violent ⁠Scottish crime gang ⁠alleged to be behind drugs trafficking ​has been targeted by European police, Europol said ‌on Friday, adding that ‌the operation had ...

Percentage of Scottish cases where specific benzodiazepines were mentioned in the cause of death between 2013–2020. Source: Adapted from Corkey et al., (2022) original table. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Alleged Scottish crime boss to be deported to Spain on murder charges - Steven Lyons is also wanted in the UK ...

DRUG supply crimes and firebomb attacks have rocketed across Scotland amid the raging gang war that’s been blighting our two biggest cities. It comes as new stats reveal the nation’s shameful drug ...

Drugs campaigners have told of their despair after overdose deaths in Scotland soared again in 2025. Police Scotland data has revealed 1146 suspected fatalities - an eight per cent rise on the ...