Why Does Scotland Have The Highest Rate Of Drug Related Deaths In Europe?

[sandyRoe]

That's illegal drugs rather than alcohol.

[douglas9401]

Our legendary penchant for keeping accurate records?

[mushroom25]

// Our legendary penchant for keeping accurate records //

would that also account for this?

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23734824.rickets-cases-700-per-cent-higher-scotland-england/

[douglas9401]

Well, yes.

It may also be linked to Empire hangover and the increasing resettlement of at-risk groups from England.

[ynnafymmi]

What else do you expect from these SNP nationalist numpties.

[DTCwordfan]

the effects of Irn Bru or Bucky does to the body.....

[ynnafymmi]

The effects the SNP has on us decent,respectable,working,non soap-dodging Scots more like.

[Tilly2]

Have you ever watched Trainspotting, Sandy?

[sandyRoe]

Tilly2,
I have. I guess in the past the heroin addiction in Edinburgh spread HIV. Then that was a death sentence. Now, with needle exchanges and treatment, it isn't as dangerous as it once was.
I think it may be to do with poverty, dispair, and a lack of hope that leads addicts take chances with their lives.

[ToraToraTora]

It's the soul crushing envy of the English, the cruel torment when they realise that they almost made it.

[Tilly2]

Did you want this to be a political thread, Sandy?

[choux]

I don't know, sandy but I think it is far too serious a subject for some flippant responses (even in Chatterbank).

[Tilly2]

Well said, Choux.

[DTCwordfan]

per-lease - then raise the subject in News........