Kris Miller, Courier, 18/12/12. Picture today shows general shot of Dundee and Tay road bridge.
Dundee is once again Scotland’s drug death capital, with the city’s ratio topping the country’s table of shame for the third time in four years.
Mortality rates linked to substance abuse rose to their highest level since 2009 with 0.22 per 1,000 people in the population falling victim in the most recent collation of official figures by ISD Scotland.
There were 32 drug related deaths in Dundee in 2012, when the stats were recorded.
Community safety minister, Roseanna Cunningham, said: “We are tackling the damaging impact of drugs in Scotland and making recovery from drugs a reality through our national drugs strategy.”
