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Drug strategy to be debated in Tynwald

MHK Peter Karran wants to know death toll caused by drug abuse

Tynwald is to debate the future of the Island's drug strategy next week (Tuesday).

MHK Peter Karran wants to know how many deaths have been caused by heroin and other hard substances over the past year.

He says recent cutbacks to health services and policing have exacerbated the problems caused by drug abuse.

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