Drug deaths are at an all time high
This is the highest since records began more than a quarter of a century ago in 1993, the Office for National Statistics said.
More than half of the deaths involved an opiate , while deaths from new psychoactive substances, or legal highs, doubled in a year to 125.Deaths from new psychoactive substances, or legal highs, doubled in a year to 125
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