The chair of Scotland's Drug Deaths Taskforce has called for reform of UK drugs legislation to switch the balance from criminalising addicts in favour of a public health approach to reducing ...

The Daily Record will this week focus on the legacy of the National Mission on drug deaths. We’ll reflect the insight of experts on the mistakes made and areas for ­improvement. Today we hear from ...

Statistics released by the Scottish Government on Tuesday showed 1,146 people were suspected to have died from drugs, up from 1,065 the previous year.

Scotland's drug deaths remain the highest in Europe despite repeated government pledges to tackle the issue, new figures have shown. Last year there was a 12% rise in the number of drug misuse-related ...

LONDON (AP) — Scottish authorities on Wednesday approved a 2.3 million-pound ($2.8 million) pound drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal ...

The Scottish government has called for the decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use. It wants the UK government to change the laws to allow people to be "treated and supported rather than ...

LONDON — Scottish authorities on Wednesday approved a $2.8-million drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin ...