Methadone Linked to More Drug Deaths Than Heroin in Scotland Last Year – Herald Scotland

Drug Methadone: Methadone linked to more drug deaths than heroin in Scotland last year – Herald Scotland


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Methadone linked to more drug deaths than heroin in Scotland last year
Herald Scotland
The 2012 total was up 199, or 52%, on the figure recorded a decade previously in 2002. Methadone was implicated in, or potentially contributed to, 41% of last year's drugs-related deaths, compared to 38% for heroin and/or morphine. Loading article content.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone is an effective drug treatment and should continue to be used to … – Scottish Daily Record

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Scottish Daily Record
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