The number of people attending hospital with poisoning from opioids almost doubled to 11,000 between 2005-6 and 2015-16
Poisoning from opioids such as codeine, morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl and tramadol and synthetic narcotics
Opioids and synthetic narcotics
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
05-06
07-08
09-10
11-12
13-14
15-16