Background: Drug-related deaths (DRDs) in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 and 2020, consolidating Scotland’s place at the top of the United Kingdom and European drug-related mortality charts. One of the defining features of this recent and rapid rise has been the role of benzodiazepines, which are now involved in the majority of all DRDs. These deaths are linked to use of non-prescribed, benzodiazepine-type novel psychoactive substances (NPS) which have been identified by the United Nations as a global threat to public health. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and determinants of non-prescribed benzodiazepine use and its association with recent non-fatal overdose among a national sample of people who injec...
Introduction: Problematic use of diverted and illicit benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-type drugs...
A number of risk factors have been identified that increase the potential for overdose events to occ...
Scotland has a new database on drugs-related deaths (DRDs). We review the prior toxicology and demog...
Background: Drug-related deaths (DRDs) in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 a...
Drug related deaths (DRDs) have been increasing in Scotland over at least the past decade. This stud...
Drug related deaths (DRDs) have been increasing in Scotland over at least the past decade. This stud...
Drug-related deaths in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 and 2020 consolidati...
Drug-related deaths in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 and 2020 consolidati...
Background: Scotland has the highest rate of drug related deaths (DRD) in Europe. These are deaths i...
Drug-related deaths in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 and 2020 consolidati...
Background: Scotland has the highest rate of drug related deaths (DRD) in Europe. These are deaths i...
© The Author(s) 2022. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribut...
Background:The benzodiazepine drug alprazolam, a fast-acting tranquiliser, cannot be prescribed on t...
© Bentham Science Publishers. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been p...
Owing to a lack of research on benzodiazepines, the National Forum on Drug-Related Deaths commission...
Introduction: Problematic use of diverted and illicit benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-type drugs...
A number of risk factors have been identified that increase the potential for overdose events to occ...
Scotland has a new database on drugs-related deaths (DRDs). We review the prior toxicology and demog...
Background: Drug-related deaths (DRDs) in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 a...
Drug related deaths (DRDs) have been increasing in Scotland over at least the past decade. This stud...
Drug related deaths (DRDs) have been increasing in Scotland over at least the past decade. This stud...
Drug-related deaths in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 and 2020 consolidati...
Drug-related deaths in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 and 2020 consolidati...
Background: Scotland has the highest rate of drug related deaths (DRD) in Europe. These are deaths i...
Drug-related deaths in Scotland increased for seven years in a row between 2014 and 2020 consolidati...
Background: Scotland has the highest rate of drug related deaths (DRD) in Europe. These are deaths i...
© The Author(s) 2022. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribut...
Background:The benzodiazepine drug alprazolam, a fast-acting tranquiliser, cannot be prescribed on t...
© Bentham Science Publishers. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been p...
Owing to a lack of research on benzodiazepines, the National Forum on Drug-Related Deaths commission...
Introduction: Problematic use of diverted and illicit benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-type drugs...
A number of risk factors have been identified that increase the potential for overdose events to occ...
Scotland has a new database on drugs-related deaths (DRDs). We review the prior toxicology and demog...