
Scotland fails to curb spiraling drug death epidemic
It’s a distinction that would shame any government, let alone one chasing the dream of self-rule.
Scotland, by a dizzying margin, is the drug death capital of Europe, new figures reveal — a tragedy and a blot on the record of Nicola Sturgeon’s pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) government; but one that's unlikely break her country's political fixation with Brexit, nor derail plans for a second say on separation from the United Kingdom.
More than 1,200 Scots died in drug-related cas