Drug related deaths amongst Glasgow city hostel dwellers.
The problems of homelessness and drug misuse are every day issues encountered in today's society. Over the past 2 years the number of hostel residents overdosing within their rooms in the city of Glasgow was shown to increase. Approximately three-quarters of deaths involved heroin, of which 56% also involved at least one benzodiazepine. This paper demonstrates a dearth in the literature relating to drug misuse amongst the homeless population, highlighting an area in need of address by the appropriate authorities.
Seymour
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Department of Forensic Medicine and Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. a.seymour@formed.gla.ac.uk
Black
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Simpson
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Oliver
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