Claim: There were 3,700 drug-related deaths in England and Wales last year.
Fact-check: Are drug related deaths in the UK the highest in the EU? - Full Fact
Verdict: roughly correct, there were 3,756 registered in 2017. around half of these will have happened in 2016 because of the time it takes to hold an inquest and then register the death.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2018-10-12T00:00:00