 Recent research has shown Scotland has had a larger number of drug deaths than the United States, which was thought to be the highest in the world.In the US in 2017 the rate of drug deaths of 217 per million of the population is now slightly lower than Scotland's rate (218 deaths per million of population).According to the Guardian newspaper, the increase in drug deaths in recent years are due to Benzodiazepines, Heroin and Ecstasy.