LONDON DAILY ARCHIVE

Scotland Records Eleven Per Cent Rise in Drug-Use Deaths as Cocaine and Nitazenes Drive Concern

National Records of Scotland recorded one thousand one hundred and thirty-three drug-use deaths in twenty twenty-five, with cocaine implicated in more than half and powerful synthetic opioids known as nitazenes involved in more than one in five, intensifying pressure on Scotland’s public-health response. ([Scottish Government][9])

24 September 2026 · 02:48 UTC