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Scotland鈥檚 relationship with drugs has been under the spotlight of late following the release of new figures revealing the number of deaths has reached a record high. But the broader issue of overall mortality rates across Scotland and the UK poses fresh questions on where we are with life expectancy. In a special report for Good Morning Scotland, journalist and health specialist Pennie Taylor speaks to Dr Gerry McCartney who leads the Public Health Observatory Team at NHS Health Scotland, and Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford.