Opioids

The deadly new drugs making Scotland's fight against addiction even harder
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Scotland
Posted
6 days ago
Nitazene warning after drugs seized on island
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Isle of Man
Posted
12 September
'Long-term solution' needed for opioid treatment
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Guernsey
Posted
27 May
Manslaughter arrests after contaminated heroin kills man
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Liverpool
Posted
28 April
Drug kits handed out to prevent overdoses
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Lincolnshire
Posted
25 February
Concern over deadly drug more potent than heroin
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Cumbria
Posted
12 February
Drug spray used 'more than police force expected'
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North Yorkshire
Posted
2 December 2025
Bankruptcy judge clears $7.4bn Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
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US & Canada
Posted
14 November 2025
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
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
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 2025
Warning issued after two suspected opioid deaths
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London
Posted
2 June 2025
Police warn drug users of 'highly potent' opioids
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Norfolk
Posted
30 April 2025
People urged to learn about anti-overdose drug
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Devon
Posted
27 March 2025
New 'brain pacemaker' trial to combat addiction
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
18 March 2025
Warning over super-strength drugs linked to deaths
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Lincolnshire
Posted
10 March 2025
India bans two opioids behind crisis in West Africa
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World
Posted
23 February 2025
BBC undercover filming exposes Indian pharma firm fuelling opioid crisis
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World
Posted
21 February 2025
New non-opioid painkiller approved by US health agency
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US & Canada
Posted
31 January 2025
Purdue and Sackler family agree $7.4bn opioid settlement
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US & Canada
Posted
23 January 2025
'Life-saving' spray reverses woman's overdose
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South Yorkshire
Posted
8 January 2025
'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