There’s a warning that without more long-term funding to help those suffering from addiction, Scotland will struggle to shake its unwanted title as the drug death capital of Europe.
Despite a decline in figures, more than 1,000 people lost their lives in relation to drug misuse last year.
STV News has been given access inside Scotland’s first government-funded residential rehabilitation centre in rural Aberdeenshire to hear more.
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