Wake-up call as over 400 poisoned in space of year
Irish Sunday Mirror|June 25, 2023
THERE were 400 deaths due to poisoning in 2020, preliminary figures on drug-related fatalities show.
PAT FLANAGAN
Wake-up call as over 400 poisoned in space of year

The findings by the Health Research Board (HRB) were presented at the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use yesterday.

According to the HRB, 409 deaths in 2020 were poisonings and eight in 10 of those involved more than one drug; seven in 10 deaths involved opioids.

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