National Drugs Mission Plan: 2022-2026

Footnotes

1. Scotland's National Performance Framework: Purpose Values and National Outcomes 2018 – www.nationalperformance.gov.scot

2. Drug Related Deaths in Scotland | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)

3. Life Expectancy in Scotland 2018-2020: Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)

4. https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Drugs-and-Alcohol-Misuse/Publications/2019-03-05/2019-03-05-Drug-Prevalence-2015-16-Report.pdf

5. Drug-related deaths in Scotland 1979–2013: evidence of a vulnerable cohort of young men living in deprived areas | BMC Public Health | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

6. Covid Recovery Strategy: for a fairer future – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. hrdp_guidelines_2020_english.pdf (humanrights-drugpolicy.org)

8. In 2017, 59% were in contact with drug treatment services in the six months prior to death, in 2018 around half (48%) of people were in contact in the six months prior. The most recent prevalence estimates suggest there are around 57,000 people with problem drug use in Scotland but only around 29,500 are receiving opioid substitution treatment. (Source: NDRDD; Drug Prevalence Estimates, Drug treatment estimates, PHS/ISD)