TAG / DRUG OVERDOSE

A study by the Alcohol Research Group shows 160 million collateral damage victims of substance abuse, including traffic accidents, vandalism, physical harm, financial issues and family or marriage problems.

Xylazine, a veterinary sedative, is easily bought on the internet from overseas, but makes fentanyl even more deadly. The law is struggling to catch up.

While estimates suggest up to 20,000 lives are being saved, overdoses still claim some 100,000 lives a year, mostly from synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

As addiction rates soar, Scottish politicians pursue a path of making hardcore drug use easy—and they aren’t the only ones. “Drug consumption rooms” across Europe defy common sense and ignore real solutions to the scourge of abuse.