AN ESTIMATED huge drop in Scottish drug deaths has been greeted with scepticism by campaigners.
Figures, based on police reports for the first six months of this year, showed a 22 per cent decrease in deaths compared to the same period last year.
But the estimated drop to 562 deaths-down 160 - was greeted with caution by Annemarie Ward, of the FAVOR UK charity.
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