Recorded number of deaths from drug poisoning rise by 45% from 2014 to 2024 in the West Midlands
Recorded number of deaths from drug poisoning rise by 45% from 2014 to 2024. In 2014 347 people were reported as dying from drug poisoning in the West Midlands. Now, new data from the ONS state that 504 people have died from drug poisoning in 2024.