Scotland continues to have by far the highest drug death rate in Europe despite the slight fall.
Scotland's drugs policy minister Angela Constance said the number of deaths remained "unacceptable", and that work would continue "at pace" to address the emergency.
"My focus now is on taking action and delivering new investment to improve services and get more people into the treatment which works for them." He added: "The enormity of this national emergency is laid bare in this heart-breaking toll of fatalities. The figures showed that of those who died, 65% were aged between 35 and 54 and more than two thirds were men - a total of 933.Dundee city had the highest death rate of all local authority areas , followed by Glasgow city and Inverclyde .
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