I beg to move

That this Assembly notes with concern NISRA's 2024 report on 'Drug-related and drug misuse deaths', which found a significant increase in the number of deaths attributed to drugs and alcohol; further notes the intrinsic connection between social deprivation, poverty, isolation, mental health and addiction issues; acknowledges with concern the NISRA figures that show that drug-related deaths are highest among 25-34-year-olds, are five and a half times more likely in areas of highest deprivation and that opioids are consistently the most common form of drug listed as cause of death; and calls on the Minister of Health, in cooperation with the Executive's ministerial committee for public health, to urgently implement the provisions aimed at harm prevention, harm reduction and tackling addiction within the substance use strategy 2021-2031, including developing plans for a new residential rehabilitation unit in Belfast.