Letter to the Editor: Drug deaths are a national scandal

According to data from the Health Research Board, there were 786 drug related deaths in 2017, which is a figure continuously rising since 2010.

Letter to the Editor: Drug deaths are a national scandal

According to data from the Health Research Board, there were 786 drug related deaths in 2017, which is a figure continuously rising since 2010.

That an average of two people a day are dying from a drug-related cause is nothing short of a national scandal.

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