The area saw 158 deaths between 2017 and 2019, a rate of 11.9 per 100,000 people - 1.7 times higher than the England rate of 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people.
It also had the highest rate of drug misuse deaths at 9.1 per 100,000, almost double the England rate of 4.7 per 100,000. Laura Bunt, Deputy CEO at drug, alcohol and mental health charity With You (We Are With You, formerly Addaction), said: “This is a really sad day.
Every drug-related death is preventable, and each death has a huge impact on families and communities, continuing to be felt years down the line.“We know that people who use drugs problematically but aren’t in treatment are most likely to die of a drug-related cause.
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