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الثلاثاء، 4 فبراير 2020

Reduce UK drug deaths by funding treatment services, experts urge

Addiction specialists call for support for innovative work such as peer-to-peer naloxone project

Drug-related deaths will not come down from record levels unless the government invests in treatment services, experts behind a pioneering project to save lives have said.

The most recent official figures show that 4,359 deaths from drug poisoning were recorded in England and Wales in 2018, the highest number since records began in 1993, with around two-thirds attributed to drug misuse.

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Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent

Addiction specialists call for support for innovative work such as peer-to-peer naloxone project

Drug-related deaths will not come down from record levels unless the government invests in treatment services, experts behind a pioneering project to save lives have said.

The most recent official figures show that 4,359 deaths from drug poisoning were recorded in England and Wales in 2018, the highest number since records began in 1993, with around two-thirds attributed to drug misuse.

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