Drug-related deaths reach record high in Scotland Scotland has recorded its highest number of drug-related deaths on record.
A total of 1,264 people died in 2019 - a rise of 6% from 2018 - the highest since records began in 1996.
In Grampian the number dropped by 10 to 82, but the figure in Aberdeenshire is the highest recorded there - at 26. A total of 44 deaths were recorded in Aberdeen, down from 52 in 2018 and the lowest number for five years.
The national data shows that nearly seven in 10 deaths involved men and over two-thirds were aged 35-54.
Heroin and morphine were implicated in more deaths than any previous year, and more than half the total.
Drug-related deaths in Fife reach highest point on record Fife has recorded its highest-ever number of drug-related deaths.
According to new data released by the National Records of Scotland today, 81 people in the Kingdom died as a result of substance use last year.
That is almost double what it was just four years ago, and a rise of 17 on the previous year.
It comes as the number of drug-related deaths across Scotland have also reached their highest point on record.
A total of 1,264 people died in 2019 - a rise of 6% from 2018 - the highest since records began in 1996.
The data shows that nearly seven in 10 deaths involved men and over two-thirds were aged 35-54.