Toxicology of Scotland's drugs-related deaths in 2000–2007: Presence of heroin, methadone, diazepam and alcohol by sex, age-group and era

Scotland has a new database on drugs-related deaths (DRDs). We review the prior toxicology and demography of Scotland's DRDs in 2000–2007. Each DRD was cross-classified by the presence/absence of heroin (H); methadone (M); diazepam (D); and alcohol (A). Comparisons were made by era (2000–2002, 2003–2005 and 2006–2007), sex and age-group (under 35 years and 35+ years). Data were for 1007 DRDs in 2000–2002 (180 female); 1011 in 2003–2005 (206...