title: Drug related deaths amongst Glasgow city hostel dwellers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine and Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. a.seymour@formed.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seymour
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Oliver