Overall, England has shown a much smoother pattern in registration delays compared with Wales (due to the larger population and greater number of drug misuse deaths).
An increasing numberof people of working age (aged 25 - 65) die from accidental deaths from drugmisuse or overdose, with accidental prescription drug overdoses rising.
While, the correlation between drugmisuse and homelessness has been noted in a numberof research studies there is little specific evidence as to the extent ofdrugmisuse among the homeless population in Ireland.