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TIL: In 2018, researchers found that in Scotland, the amount of drugs consumed per session was more than double the global average. In additional, 36.7% of users reported that drugs were delivered within 30 minutes. Other data also showed that Scotland had high hospitalization rates due to alcohol.

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