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Will speak to bryn hughes injust a moment. more of your calls to come as well. at 9a7, we willjust bring you this news. a number of people dying as a result of drug misuse in scotland has fallen. in 2021, scotland has fallen. in 2021, scotland saw the worst death toll from drug use per capita in europe. we can speak to our scotland correspondent james we can speak to our scotland correspondentjames sharp. hello to you james. what are we looking at in terms of the fall here? what is the actual number?— terms of the fall here? what is the actual number? what we are talking about is a figure _ ...

Going through. jon donnison, bbc news. the number of people in scotland who died due to drug abuse has fallen to its lowest level for five years, although it remains the worst drug death rate in europe. in 2022, 1,051 people died of drug misuse in scotland, a fall of 279 deaths on the previous year. the figures follow years of record—high totals in scotland, as our correspondent james shaw reports. increasing the availability of the drug treatment naloxone has been a big part of the scottish government's efforts to reduce drug deaths. its use can prevent people who have overdosed from dying....

Of deaths every year might be starting to fall. this morning, scotland's drug policy minister visited a vintage vehicle business which employs recovering users. i do welcome the reduction that we've seen this year, but that doesn't mean that i don't recognise the scale of the issue that's still in front of us, and that's why it's really important that i remain focused on making sure that we get people into the treatment that works best for them. the scottish government's critics argue that it hasn't got the right set of policies on drugs. i don't think anyone can be celebrating these figures, ...

The three mile island accident in the three mile island accident in the us, the waste water there it was evaporated and subsequent studies found out that radiation doses to people from the evaporation process were about 300 times higher than they would been if the water had been discharged to the local river. so i wouldn't say... of course when concrete dries a lot of the water evaporates. so i wouldn't say that's the best option at the moment. i'm not saying it's not possible with certain types of concrete but i wouldn't be doing it at the moment. i learned a lot tonight. good to talk to you....

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