Drug-involved deaths have increased from 340 in 2017 to 409 deaths in 2020.
Ireland has seen a ''sustained increase'' in drug-involved deaths since 2017.
That's the message heard at the third meeting of the Citizen's Assembly on Drug Use taking place in Malahide, Dublin today.
Drug-involved deaths have increased from 340 in 2017 to 409 deaths in 2020 with 8 in 10 deaths in 2020 involving more than one drug.
Senior Researcher at the Health Research Board, Dr Suzi Lyons, explains the profile of those who died in 2020:

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