A fundamental reorientation in approach is needed The escalating rates of drug related deaths in the UK constitute a public health crisis.1 Recently released figures for 2021 show 3060 deaths related to the use of illicit drugs in England and Wales and 1330 in Scotland.23 Although Northern ...
• The majority (88%) of drug misuse deaths were classified as accidental poisonings, with only 7% ruled as intentional self-poisonings. • The rate of drug poisoning deaths inScotlandwas more than double the rates of other UK countries in 2022. The rate was 2.7 times as high as the ...
This is the second-lowest number of drug misuse deaths since 2017, with 2022 seeing the lowest number (1,051). Tuesday 20 August 2024 09:57, UK Drugs Scotland This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Technical details : This video is currently unavailable ...
Recommended statistics European overview UK overview Hospital admissions and treatment for drug misuse Drug use among children Drug related deaths Drug offencesKey insights Share of adults in England and Wales who have used cocaine as of 2022/23 Share of adults in England and Wales who have used...
(Medical Xpress)—Deaths related to a group of now-banned 'legal highs' rose sharply from 5 in 2009 to 43 in 2010, reveals a report on the latest UK drug death figures released today. While deaths involving methcathinones – which were outlawed in 2010 a
One in four Welsh drug deaths now involves cocaine DDNWeb - February 4, 2025 0 Features Danger zone DDNWeb - December 18, 2024 0 News Drug-related deaths up more than 10 per cent DDNWeb - October 23, 2024 0 News More than 60 per cent of people dying a drug-related death....
The latest drug-treatment figures from Public Health England show that the UK's current approach is failing to reduce drug-related deaths, which are now at an all-time high.
The latest figures on drug-related deaths and deaths among drug users in Ireland, up to 2012, have been published.1 聽The number of deaths has decreased slightly from 645 in 2011 to 633 in 2012. Of the total number of deaths in 2012, 350 people died as a result of poisoning (i...
Increases in drug-related deaths have also been observed in prison settings (Inquest, 2020; ONS, 2023). However, prisons have been neglected in the growing literature on drug-related deaths in community settings and in the media coverage of drug-related deaths in the UK (MacGregor and Thom, ...
The UK has "one of the highest rates of drug deaths in Europe", the National Crime Agency has said - as it warned about a rise in the use of "incredibly strong" synthetic opioids. Graeme Biggar, director-general of the agency, said "ther...