Drug related deaths in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, 1995–1998

The misuse of drugs, both illicit and prescribed has increased dramatically in the west of Scotland over the last few decades. Consequently, the number of drug related deaths has risen as a direct result. Since, discrepancies exist between data collected by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Sc...

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Published in:Forensic science international 2001-10, Vol.122 (1), p.52-59
Main Authors: Seymour, Alison, Black, Marjorie, Oliver, John S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cause of Death
Chromatography
Diazepam - blood
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug addictions
Drug related deaths
Fatalities
Female
Forensic medicine
Forensic science
Forensic sciences
Hepatitis
Heroin
Humans
Incidence
Investigations
Legislation
Male
Medical sciences
Medical treatment
Methadone
Methadone - blood
Middle Aged
Morphine - blood
Narcotics
Prisoners
Scotland - epidemiology
Statistics
Strathclyde
Substance-Related Disorders - blood
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - mortality
Temazepam - blood
Toxicology
Trends
Virology
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Summary:The misuse of drugs, both illicit and prescribed has increased dramatically in the west of Scotland over the last few decades. Consequently, the number of drug related deaths has risen as a direct result. Since, discrepancies exist between data collected by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Science, University of Glasgow and official statistics, this project, was funded to investigate all known drug related deaths that occurred within the Strathclyde region of Scotland in an effort to improve the accuracy of statistics and the dissemination of information pertaining to them. Changes in medical treatment, legislation and patterns of drug taking were noted and the effects of these on the year-by-year death tolls evaluated.
ISSN:0379-0738
1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/S0379-0738(01)00466-2