Drug deaths have hit a record high amid growing concern at the threat posed by super-strength cocaine, heroin and ecstasy
There were 4,359 deaths from drug poisoning recorded in England and Wales in 2018, the highest number since records began in 1993, the Office for National Statistics said.
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