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**Damien** · 16-07-2019, 12:52

Is there evidence this was caused by minimum pricing? The spike seems to have started in 2014 whereas a series of legal challenges delayed the introduction of minimum pricing until last year.

I don't know what caused it but there is clearly a rapid increase starting several years before the introduction of minimum pricing and the article itself seems to suggest it's to do with 'an ageing population of drug addicts' as well as new drugs appearing.

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Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,227	Re: Drug deaths up in Scotland Is there evidence this was caused by minimum pricing? The spike seems to have started in 2014 whereas a series of legal challenges delayed the introduction of minimum pricing until last year. I don't know what caused it but there is clearly a rapid increase starting several years before the introduction of minimum pricing and the article itself seems to suggest it's to do with 'an ageing population of drug addicts' as well as new drugs appearing.