By Shona Elliot, Edinburgh Evening News, January 30, 2021
Shocking statistics released by the National Records of Scotland In December revealed that drug related deaths in the Lothians had risen from a previous high of 152 in 2018 to a new record of 155 in 2019.
Across Scotland, drug related deaths have increased by six per cent compared to the previous year, the highest death rate in Europe and three and a half times higher than that of the UK as a whole.
Leading figures from the recovery community have since highlighted the link between drug deaths and childhood trauma.
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