Across Scotland, 1,172 people died in 2023 as a result of their addiction to illegal substances.
These statistics also showed Glasgow had overtaken Dundee as the drug death capital of Europe.
The city is now set to become the first the UK to pilot a drug consumption room with a view to allowing users to inject illegal substances safely without fear of prosecution.
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