1 Title: Recording of clinical information in a Scottish-wide drug deaths study. Short title: Level of clinical information recorded for drug deaths Total page count (double spaced): 53 with appendices Total word count (excluding abstract, acknowledgements, or references): 3800 words Authors: Baldacchino, A, Crome, IB, Zador, D, McGarrol, S, Taylor, A, Hutchison S, Fahey, T, Hickman, M, Kidd, B. Address where work carried out: Centre for Addiction Research and Education Scotland (CARES), Section of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Division of Pathology and Neurosciences, College of Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, United Kingdom Corresponding author: Dr Alexander Baldacchino Centre for Addiction Research and Education Scotland (CARES), Section of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Division of Pathology and Neurosciences, College of Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, United Kingdom. E-mail address: a.baldacchino@dundee.ac.uk . No conflicts of interest.