The ‘blue plague’ was implicated in 57 of the deaths from drugs recorded in North Lanarkshire during 2020.
Often referred to as ‘street valium,’ Etizolam joined Methadone – a prescribed heroin substitute – as a major cause in the area’s 94 drugs deaths last year, with the latter implicated in 40 of the recorded deaths.
The latest statistics from National Records of Scotland reveal that more than two thirds of those that died were men (64) – 30 were female.
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The number is down by one on the previous year and only one of the 94 deaths was caused by drug abuse.
The cause of death was determined as…
