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Addiction is painful, distressing and depressing costing thousands of lives each year. 

4,859 deaths related to drug poisoning were registered in England and Wales in 2021; this is the highest number since records began in 1993 and 6.5% higher than in 2020 (4,561 registered deaths). The rate of drug poisoning deaths registered in 2021 (84.4 deaths per million) is statistically significantly higher, by 6.2%, than the rate in 2020 (79.5 deaths per million).

The rate of drug poisoning deaths was 81.1% higher in 2021 (84.4 deaths per million) than it was in 2012 (46.6 per million people). The rate has increased every year since 2012 after remaining relatively stable over the preceding two decades.

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