Huge rise in Scottish drug deaths
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The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland rises by a quarter, according to new figures.
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A groundbreaking study finds that suicide rates have soared in one of the most deprived parts of Scotland.
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OTTAWA -- The number of young Canadians smoking pot and injecting drugs has doubled over the last decade, according to a groundbreaking national study.
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Unintentional fatal drug overdoses in the United States nearly doubled from 1999 to 2004, overtaking falls to become the nation's second-leading cause of accidental death, behind automobile crashes, the government reported
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A major investment in drug rehabilitation services is set to be announced by the Scottish Executive.
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Motorists in Scotland appear to be getting the message on speeding, according to statistics.
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Drug offences in England and Wales rose 14% between April and June, Home Office figures show.
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The number of British army soldiers testing positive for illegal drugs has increased sharply, according to research published Friday.
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The rate of alcohol-related deaths in Scotland is about double the level of the UK as a whole, figures suggest.
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Thirty-four people have died so far this year in Travis County from a heroin overdose, up from 23 last year. Authorities believe a particularly potent strain of heroin being smuggled into the United States and circulating on the streets of the Texas Capital is partly to blame for the highest number of heroin deaths in Austin since 1992.
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1m sozzled Caledonians at risk Over one million Scots are drinking at "potentially harmful levels", according to Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (Shaap) which reckons the real figure could be even higher.â¦
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Government statisticians reported a sharp rise in death rates for adults of virtually all ages and both sexes from 1997 to 2004.
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Inquiries get under way into the deaths of two men in separate incidents in Inverclyde and the Borders.
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A total of five people are killed in four separate accidents on Scotland's roads over the weekend.
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NEW YORK  - Deaths related to medication  errors appear to rise sharply during the first few days of each  month, suggesting that hectic pharmacies may be at least partly  to blame, according to researchers.
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Suicides among children and young  adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, the largest rise  in 15 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and  Prevention reported on Thursday.
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Prescription drug abuse is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide, and the shift has spawned a lethal new trade in counterfeit painkillers