Why language matters: our response to the National Records of Scotland’s terminology change
Last week, the National Records of Scotland announced plans to stop using ‘drug misuse deaths’ in its reporting and use ‘drug use’ instead. We…
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More than half of homeless deaths in 2019 drug-related
25th February 2021 An estimated 216 people experiencing homelessness died in 2019, according to experimental statistics published by…
February 25, 2021
‘The need for change is obvious and long overdue’ – David Liddell, SDF CEO
16th December 2020 1,264 drug-related deaths were recorded in Scotland in 2019, according to statistics published yesterday by…
December 16, 2020
1,264 people lost their lives to a preventable fatal drug overdose in 2019
15th December 2020 1,264 people tragically lost their lives to a preventable drug overdose in Scotland last year.…
December 15, 2020
1,187 people lost their lives to a preventable fatal drug overdose in 2018
1,187 people tragically lost their lives to a preventable drug overdose in Scotland last year. The statistics, published…
July 16, 2019