| Table A6.5 : Drug related deaths; selected drugs involved1 : 1996 - 2002 |
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Heroin/ |
Diazepam |
Methadone |
Cocaine |
Ecstasy |
Temazepam |
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morphine 2 |
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| 1996 |
84 |
84 |
100 |
3 |
9 |
48 |
| 1997 |
74 |
93 |
86 |
5 |
2 |
33 |
| 1998 |
121 |
113 |
64 |
4 |
3 |
58 |
| 1999 |
167 |
142 |
63 |
12 |
8 |
56 |
| 2000 |
196 |
146 |
55 |
4 |
11 |
39 |
| 2001 |
216 |
156 |
69 |
19 |
20 |
20 |
| 2002 |
248 |
214 |
98 |
31 |
20 |
16 |
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| 1 Individual deaths often involved more than
one of these drugs. The numbers given
are mentions of the drug and should not be |
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| 2 It is believed that that for the
overwhelming majority of cases where morphine has been identified in post-mortem toxicological |
| tests its presence is a result of heroin
use. This table therefore shows a combined figure for 'heroin/morphine'. |
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| Source :
General Register Office for Scotland (GRO Scotland). |
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