Opioids

'Synthetic opioid was a death sentence for our dad'
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UK
Posted
1 December
Experts hopeful as US drug overdose deaths fall below 100,000
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US & Canada
Posted
14 November
Drug overdose training given to stop deaths
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Surrey
Posted
30 October
Overdose reversing spray helps 'save man's life'
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Northamptonshire
Posted
17 September
Overdose reversing spray introduced as cases rise
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Northamptonshire
Posted
29 August
Drug overdose training given to stop deaths
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Tees
Posted
29 August
Justices reject plan to shield Sacklers in Purdue opioid deal
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US & Canada
Posted
27 June
Super-strength opioids spreading across Europe and North America - UN
Posted
26 June
Thinking Allowed. Opioids. Audio, 30 minutes
Opioids in the US and UK: from illicit drug heroin to pharmaceutical drugs.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Dangerous nitazene drugs linked to rise in deaths
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Scotland
Posted
24 May
'Deadly heroin batch is putting lives at risk here'
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Essex
Posted
21 May
GP prescribing opioids in 'high amounts' needs to improve
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
3 May
The New Drug Threat. Video, 28 minutes
An investigation into the supply of illegal synthetic opioid drugs called nitazenes.
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BBC One
Available for 3 months
Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curb
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Business
Posted
18 April
The Inquiry. Are synthetic opioids a global problem? Audio, 23 minutes
Are synthetic opioids a global problem?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
UK too slow to act on lethal drug threat - doctors
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UK
Posted
20 March
Codeine cough syrup abuse prompts ban on UK sales
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Health
Posted
20 February
The Briefing Room. The synthetic opioids claiming lives in the UK. Audio, 28 minutes
Deaths from synthetic opioids in the UK are low but it's feared the problem could escalate
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Plea for drug users to carry overdose life-saver
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Isle Of Man / Ellan Vannin
Posted
17 December 2023
Warning over new super-strength street drugs
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Scotland
Posted
15 December 2023
Drugs stronger than heroin linked to 54 UK deaths
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UK
Posted
11 December 2023
Largest ever UK seizure of synthetic opioids made
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London
Posted
23 November 2023
Police officers to trial life-saving nasal spray
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Leicester
Posted
3 November 2023
US sanctions Chinese firms in fentanyl crackdown
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US & Canada
Posted
4 October 2023