The true toll of Scotland’s drugs culture is not being addressed and about 100 more deaths each year slip through the grasp of key policymakers, it has been claimed.
Dr Roy Robertson, head of an expert group, said yesterday that statistics on drug-related deaths should be widened to include murders, road accidents and deaths caused by blood-borne viruses such as HIV.
He said this would give the bigger vision of the problem.
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