Scotland has the highest level of cocaine consumption on the planet according to 2018 data. Scots take on average 1.2 grams of cocaine per session - double the global average. And this epidemic is adding to one of the world’s deadliest drug crises, with a new trend of cocaine injection on the rise.
Scotland now has the highest drug death rate in Europe - more than fifteen times the European average. Increasingly, cocaine is a part of that. In 2019, Scotland recorded 365 cocaine deaths, more than in any previous year.
We want to know - why do so many Scottish people love cocaine? And what’s the solution when that love for cocaine becomes deadly?
