Opioids

Assignment. Drugs, overdose, hope: Nevada. Audio, 27 minutes
The number of drug related deaths in the US is falling, but not in Nevada
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Assignment. Drugs, overdose, hope: North Carolina. Audio, 27 minutes
Why the number of drug related deaths is falling in the United States
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Drugs, Overdose, Hope - North Carolina and Nevada. Audio, 54 minutes
Drug overdose deaths in the US have fallen dramatically. What’s going on?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Drug lab developing synthetic opioids found in Ayrshire
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Glasgow & West Scotland
Posted
25 September
Warning issued after two suspected opioid deaths
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London
Posted
2 June
Police warn drug users of 'highly potent' opioids
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Norfolk
Posted
30 April
People urged to learn about anti-overdose drug
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Devon
Posted
27 March
New 'brain pacemaker' trial to combat addiction
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
18 March
Warning over super-strength drugs linked to deaths
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Lincolnshire
Posted
10 March
India bans two opioids behind crisis in West Africa
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World
Posted
23 February
BBC undercover filming exposes Indian pharma firm fuelling opioid crisis
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World
Posted
21 February
New non-opioid painkiller approved by US health agency
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US & Canada
Posted
31 January
Purdue and Sackler family agree $7.4bn opioid settlement
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US & Canada
Posted
23 January
'Life-saving' spray reverses woman's overdose
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South Yorkshire
Posted
8 January
'Synthetic opioid was a death sentence for our dad'
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UK
Posted
1 December 2024
Experts hopeful as US drug overdose deaths fall below 100,000
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US & Canada
Posted
14 November 2024
Drug overdose training given to stop deaths
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Surrey
Posted
30 October 2024
Overdose reversing spray helps 'save man's life'
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Northamptonshire
Posted
17 September 2024
Overdose reversing spray introduced as cases rise
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Northamptonshire
Posted
29 August 2024
Drug overdose training given to stop deaths
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Tees
Posted
29 August 2024
Justices reject plan to shield Sacklers in Purdue opioid deal
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US & Canada
Posted
27 June 2024
Super-strength opioids spreading across Europe and North America - UN
Posted
26 June 2024
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 2024