Drug-related deaths in the United Kingdom
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Drug-related deaths in the United Kingdom
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In 2017, 2,503 deaths in England and Wales and 934 in Scotland were recorded as “drug misuse”. Deaths from drugs overtook traffic fatalities in the United Kingdom as a leading cause of death in 2008, and the numbers have continued to rise. Those most likely to die are working class, over 40 and living in de-industrialised areas. Rates of death in the most deprived areas are 9 times those in the most prosperous. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommended in 2016 that there should be
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