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of deaths every year might be starting to fall. this morning, scotland s drug policy minister visited a vintage vehicle business which employs recovering users. i do welcome the reduction that we ve seen this year, but that doesn t mean that i don t recognise the scale of the issue that s still in front of us, and that s why it s really important that i remain focused on making sure that we get people into the treatment that works best for them. the scottish government s critics argue that it hasn t got the right set of policies on drugs. i don t think anyone can be celebrating these figures, and i hope the scottish government aren t trying to celebrate when we still have 1,051 lives lost in 2022 because of drugs. but there is no doubt these figures represent an improvement on past years. the number of users who died in 2022 was 1,051, which is 279 less than the year before.