On STV last night and up on their website yesterday: The number of suspected drug deaths in Scotland has continued to fall, according to new figures. In response to the crisis of the past few years, where drug deaths hit the highest level on record, the Scottish Government announced it would publish quarterly figures for suspected deaths collated from Police Scotland in a bid to improve monitoring. In the third quarter of this year – between July and September – 235 suspected drug deaths were recorded in Scotland, a drop of 15% from the previous quarter, 18% down on the … Continue reading Scotland’s plummeting drug deaths: STV News more informative than BBC Scotland?