Development of an intervention to manage benzodiazepine dependence and high-risk use in the context of escalating drug related deaths in Scotland: an application of the MRC framework

• Main Authors: Karen Berry (Author), Catriona Matheson (Author), Joe Schofield (Author), Joshua Dumbrell (Author), Tessa Parkes (Author), Duncan Hill (Author), Mary Kilonzo (Author), Graeme MacLennan (Author), Duncan Stewart (Author), Trina Ritchie (Author), Michael Turner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Scotland has the highest rate of drug related deaths (DRD) in Europe. These are deaths in people who use drugs such as heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and gabapentinoids. It is a feature of deaths in Scotland that people use combinations of drugs which increases the chance of a...