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Daily Podcast: Scotland's drug epidemic - would decriminalisation solve it?
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Aug 22, 202320:56Now PlayingNew data published on the rate of drug deaths in Scotland show they have decreased, after decades of constant rises, but the number is still higher than the rest of Europe.
Just over 1,000 people in Scotland died as a result of drug misuse in 2022, the lowest number since 2017.
On the Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson, our Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies combs through the latest figures, while Professor Catriona Matheson, an expert in substance misuse from the University of Stirling, describes possible solutions to reducing deaths further, including decriminalisation.
Plus, Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh details the impact of drug misuse in Scotland.
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