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How many people die from drugs?
The story highlights that over a third of ex-prisoner deaths in Wales were drug-related, significantly higher than the general population. For context, drug poisoning deaths in England and Wales reached 4,909 in 2022, the highest on record. This shows a particularly acute problem within the ex-prisoner community.
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