The levels of fatal overdose in the UK are catastrophic. More than 4,500 people died of a drug-related death in 2017 alone. In Scotland, the figure totalled 934, the highest ever annually recorded.Drug mortality rates in Scotland per head of population are roughly two and half times higher than the UK average, and among the highest in Europe. The vast majority of these … [Read more...] about Opioids: unintended consequences of a good policy
Liz Aston and Andrew McAuley
About Liz Aston and Andrew McAuley
Liz Aston is Associate Professor of Criminology, Edinburgh Napier University; Andrew McAuley Senior Research Fellow, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University