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Young Scots spark new drugs crisis as hospital admissions rocket

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hospital after serious drug and booze problems.Latest figures show a 63 per cent increase in patient rates for the 15-25 age group from 2013 to 2019, after several years of decreases.The revelations in the Public Health Scotland figures for those where inpatient treatment was needed show an increase from 126 in 2013 to 206 last year.New figures back up strong anecdotal evidence from doctors and drug workers that more youngsters are mixing booze and benzos - street drugs - as Scotland continues to lose any grip on drug deaths.And in 2018/19, approximately half of the patients with a drug-related general acute or psychiatric stay lived in the 20 per cent of most deprived areas in Scotland.PHS figures also confirm the alarming trend that has.

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