Inpatient drugs toll hits 230
A study by ISD Scotland found that 230 psychiatric inpatients were discharged who were found to have abused drugs including heroin and cocaine.
The most recent figures, for 2008/9, showed that 68 of these inpatients had abused "opiates" such as heroin, while a further 20 were found to have abused cannabis.
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The Lothian inpatients were among a total of 1497 in Scotland during the period showing signs of drug problems.
Lothian had the second-highest total in the country after Greater Glasgow and Clyde.