Direct Correlation Between Drugs Deaths and Laxity By Police and Courts and Government.

People are being warned about the dangers of casual cocaine use as drug deaths in Yorkshire have reached a record high.

A total of 484 people in Yorkshire died as a result of drugs last year, the highest number since records began, according to new figures.

This was a rise of 16% compared with 2017, where there were 409 drug-related deaths, according to the data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). YP.