Time for action: UK drug deaths continue to rise
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

Every year since 2013, the UK`s Office for National Statistics has reported an increase in drug-related deaths in England. Last year, we reported that drugs had overtaken traffic accidents as a leading cause of death. This year, they have outstripped suicides among men aged 35-49. As these deaths continue to rise ever higher, the government continues to cut funding for drug treatment and actively blocks services that would save people`s lives.