Editing Moray (section)

== Drug issues ==
In 2020, Scotland had the highest number of drug-related deaths in Europe, almost 3.5 times higher than the rest of the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/radical-rethink-needed-on-drugs-policy-222456|title = 'Radical rethink needed' on drugs policy|date = 22 December 2020}}</ref>

Figures from the National Records of Scotland show there were 17 drug deaths in the Moray area in 2018 compared to 7 the year before. That compares to 10 in both 2016 and 2015, 2 in 2014 and 5 in 2013. The 2018 figures for the Moray area were the highest since records began in 1996, mirroring the national picture.

In 2019, 12 drug-related deaths were reported - 5 fewer than the record high of the previous year.<ref name="forres-gazette.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/news/12-drug-deaths-in-moray-last-year-221604/|title = 12 drug deaths in Moray last year|date = 15 December 2020}}</ref> This represents a drug-related death rate per 1,000 people of 0.12. By comparison, the death rate in neighbouring Aberdeenshire per 1,000 people was 0.08; in [[Dundee]] it was 0.36 (the highest in the country); in [[Glasgow]] it was 0.35 (the second highest in the country); the lowest in Scotland was [[Orkney]] with a rate of 0.06.<ref name="forres-gazette.co.uk"/>