The UK Government must help end Scotland's drug-related death crisis

James Nicholls; Shirley Cramer; Steve Ryder; Deborah Gold; Saket Priyadarshi; Susanne Millar; Carole Hunter; Ron Hogg; Arfon Jones; Fiona Measham; Alex Stevens; Ian Hamilton; Iain McPhee; Niamh Eastwood; Martin Powell

doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30301-3

The UK Government must help end Scotland's drug-related death crisis

James Nicholls
, Shirley Cramer
, Steve Ryder
, Deborah Gold
, Saket Priyadarshi
, Susanne Millar
, Carole Hunter
, Ron Hogg
, Arfon Jones
, Fiona Measham
, Alex Stevens
, Ian Hamilton
, Iain McPhee
, Niamh Eastwood
, Martin Powell^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The UK's drug-related death crisis is most acute in Scotland, which has already had the highest drug-related death rate in Europe (at 17 per 100 000 population, equating to 934 deaths) in 2017, before the released figures that showed a further 27% rise (to 1187 deaths) in 2018.

This figure will put yet more pressure on the UK and Scottish Governments to act. The authors highlight the need to declare a public health emergency to prevent further drug related deaths. This letter is a response to Kimberet al.s article Rising opioid-related deaths in England and Scotland must be recognised as a public health crisis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	804-804
Number of pages	1
Journal	The Lancet Psychiatry
Volume	6
Issue number	10
Early online date	16 Aug 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30301-3
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 16 Aug 2019

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Drug controls
Drug-related deaths
Public health

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‘Only junkies’: how stigma and discrimination link to rise in drug deaths among Scotland’s poor
McPhee, I. & Sheridan, B., 22 Feb 2021, The Conversation 4 p.
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AUDIT Scotland 10 years on: explaining how funding decisions link to increased risk for drug related deaths among the poor: explaining how funding decisions link to increased risk for drug related deaths among the poor
McPhee, I. & Sheridan, B., 11 Dec 2020, In: Drugs and Alcohol Today. 20, 4, p. 313-322 10 p.
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Nicholls, J., Cramer, S., Ryder, S., Gold, D., Priyadarshi, S., Millar, S., Hunter, C., Hogg, R., Jones, A., Measham, F., Stevens, A., Hamilton, I., McPhee, I., Eastwood, N., & Powell, M. (2019). The UK Government must help end Scotland's drug-related death crisis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 6(10), 804-804. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30301-3

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The UK Government must help end Scotland's drug-related death crisis

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Press/Media

Claims SNP's refusal to fund drug treatment has led to rocketing death crisis in Scotland

The only way to end Scotland's drug crisis is to understand addiction itself

Scotland's drug battle hampered by 'failure in counting number dropping out of treatment'

Research output

‘Only junkies’: how stigma and discrimination link to rise in drug deaths among Scotland’s poor

AUDIT Scotland 10 years on: explaining how funding decisions link to increased risk for drug related deaths among the poor: explaining how funding decisions link to increased risk for drug related deaths among the poor

Cite this