Opioids

'Deadly heroin batch is putting lives at risk here'
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Essex
Posted
21 May 2024
GP prescribing opioids in 'high amounts' needs to improve
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
3 May 2024
Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curb
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Business
Posted
18 April 2024
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 2024
Codeine cough syrup abuse prompts ban on UK sales
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Health
Posted
20 February 2024
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
Painkillers, addiction and me: One mother's story
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Leeds & West Yorkshire
Posted
12 September 2023
App aims to prevent opioid overdoses
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Somerset
Posted
31 August 2023
Concerns at rise in suspected drugs deaths in city
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
8 August 2023
Police issue warning over synthetic opioids
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
1 August 2023
Warning over potential risk of synthetic opioids
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Isle Of Man / Ellan Vannin
Posted
31 July 2023
Six lives saved by nasal spray, police say
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
25 July 2023
UK codeine cough syrup sales could be restricted
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Health
Posted
18 July 2023
More deaths as fake drugs spread, ex-addict warns
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Wales
Posted
17 July 2023
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed. Video, 113 minutes
Documentary exploring the career of Nan Goldin and the fall of the Sackler family.
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BBC Two
Available for over a year
Sackler family wins immunity from opioid lawsuits
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US & Canada
Posted
31 May 2023