Tragedy of drug deaths laid bare in new police figures for Ayrshire
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dailyrecord.co.ukAyrshire region recorded 60 suspected drug-related deaths between January and June this year, new figures reveal. Thirty five people are suspected to have lost their lives due to drugs between January and March — with another 25 tragic losses between April and June.The figures are contained within a new Police Scotland quarterly report.Previous figures released in August showed that more than 1,300 people died of drug misuse in Scotland in 2020, with the country seeing a record number of deaths for the seventh year in a row.The annual figures showed that there were 1,339 drug deaths last year — an increase of 75 from the 1,264 recorded the previous year.Ayrshire's figures are down 4 from the same period last year (January to June 2020),.
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