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There were 4,359 deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales in 2018, the highest number and the highest annual increase (16%) since records began.
EMCDDA finds that 34% drug overdose deaths in Europe take place in the UK.
ACMD report on Custody-Community Transitions highlights increasing drug-related harms in prison and increased risk of death by overdose on release.
2017/18 figures show fewer people in treatment, an 18% rise in numbers seeking help for crack and a stubbornly high rate of drug-related deaths.
ONS deep dive study suggests a vulnerable, at-risk population taking drugs alone and consuming multiple different types of drug alongside alcohol.
Jon Minton on inequality and its links to preventable early deaths for many Scottish men.
The 2017 EMCDDA European Drug Report highlights concerns over drug overdoses, new drugs, the rise of fentanyl and whether EU countries will legalise cannabis.
European Drug Report puts the UK in a European context, highlights our high levels of heroin, cocaine & MDMA use and our troubling drug-induced mortality rate.
The latest drug misuse figures show a big rise in the number of people admitted to hospital for drug-related issues & worst ever number of drug-related deaths.
This report vindicates the importance of the ACMD; the advisory group took its own decision to produce a report on this key, and increasingly worrying issue (that is to say, it was not asked by government to produce it) and has been prepared to emphasise that funding sufficient good quality treatment is the only way to stop an increasing number of individuals dying from their heroin (and other opioid) use.
The latest trends in drug & alcohol treatment show an aging treatment population, poor outcomes for opiate users and a further increase in drug-related deaths.
The Office for National Statistics has released the very depressing figure for the number of drug-related deaths registered in 2015 – the highest ever recorded.
