National Mission on Drugs: annual monitoring report 2024-2025

This 3rd annual monitoring report analysed the progress made April 2024-March 2025 on the National Mission to reduce drug deaths and improve lives. 1,017 people died of a drug death in 2024, down 13% on 2023 and the lowest since 2017.  But the drug poisoning mortality rate in Scotland (21.7 per 100,000 people) was 2.4 times higher than England (9.1) and 1.6 times higher than Wales (14.0).