Drug deaths hit record high as one popular substance 'particularly worrying'

The Office for National Statistics recorded 5,655 drug-related deaths in 2024 - and such deaths have now increased every year ...

New record high drug deaths as nitazene opioid fatalities almost quadruple

A total of 195 deaths registered last year involved nitazenes, a figure almost four times that of the 52 deaths registered in ...

The worst places in Devon for drugs as deaths across UK hit record levels

New Government figures show that 5,565 deaths registered in England and Wales in 2024 were related to drug poisoning. That ...

Shock rise in drug-related deaths in Swindon

Drug-related deaths in Swindon have risen sharply, even as the rest of Wiltshire saw a small decline, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Synthetic opioid deaths almost quadruple in England and Wales

Drug poisoning deaths hit a record high, with 5,565 fatalities registered last year, a 2.1% rise on 2023, double the number ...