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Statistics from the Northern Ireland Substance Misuse Database: 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022 Experimental Statistics, 2022 (Department of Health)
May 15, 2023![](https://alcohol.iph.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/British_Heart_Foundation-e1689765077424.png)
The cost to society of smoking, 2023 (British Heart Foundation (NI) and partners)
July 19, 2023New preliminary figures from the Health Research Board (HRB) on drug-related deaths show there were 409 poisoning deaths in 2020.* There were also 397 non-poisoning deaths, with hanging the most common cause of these deaths. The findings were presented at the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use on Saturday 24 June 2023.