Drugs

My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?
Drug deaths

My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?

Nitazenes, a deadly new synthetic opioid, are killing hundreds of people across the country. This is Simeon McAnoy’s story

‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
Art

‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas

It’s become a festive tradition for the Big Issue to team up with some of the country’s best artists to create Christmas art wrapping paper

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here’s how one group is fighting the deadly threat
Opinion

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here’s how one group is fighting the deadly threat

The rise of synthetic opiates in the UK drugs market is one of the biggest challenges we have faced in many years, and again highlights the failings of the way we have done things for over fifty years, writes The Wallich’s Anthony Vaugha

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
Drugs

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
Crime

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens

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Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK’s drug deaths crisis truly is
Drugs

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK’s drug deaths crisis truly is

Labour can stop more vulnerable people dying from drugs like nitazenes – if it wants. Here’s how
Luke O'Neil

Labour can stop more vulnerable people dying from drugs like nitazenes – if it wants. Here’s how

MPs on all sides call for action on nitazenes after Big Issue exposes Britain’s drug deaths crisis
Nitazenes

MPs on all sides call for action on nitazenes after Big Issue exposes Britain’s drug deaths crisis

Drug deaths at highest level since records began – and experts say it’s going to get worse
Drugs

Drug deaths at highest level since records began – and experts say it’s going to get worse

Nitazenes: Use of life-saving overdose drug surges by 50% amid synthetic opioid crisis
Social Justice

Nitazenes: Use of life-saving overdose drug surges by 50% amid synthetic opioid crisis

So-called ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic
James Rose

So-called ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic

The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain: ‘No one is talking about it’
Nitazenes

The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain: ‘No one is talking about it’

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: ‘I’m looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii’
Music

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: ‘I’m looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii’

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here’s how
Caitlin McCullough

Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here’s how

Still no opening date set for UK’s first drug consumption room
Drugs

Still no opening date set for UK’s first drug consumption room

I had no idea what chemsex was until my son’s death. I want to help other parents avoid heartbreak
Anonymous

I had no idea what chemsex was until my son’s death. I want to help other parents avoid heartbreak

Rising homelessness has UK in a chokehold – but this project is fighting back with mixed martial arts
Homelessness

Rising homelessness has UK in a chokehold – but this project is fighting back with mixed martial arts

What UK can learn from Portugal’s drug decriminalisation success
Drugs

What UK can learn from Portugal’s drug decriminalisation success

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was ‘going to end up dead’
Justice system

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was ‘going to end up dead’

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland’s top lawyer
Drugs

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland’s top lawyer

Drug-related deaths in Scotland: Here’s what can be done now
drug deaths

Drug-related deaths in Scotland: Here’s what can be done now

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It takes a lot of hard work to realise how stupid hard work is
Sam Delaney

It takes a lot of hard work to realise how stupid hard work is

Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time
Homelessness

Drug deaths fall among Scotland’s homeless population for the first time

The government’s new drugs strategy cannot win the ‘war on drugs’
Carla Denyer

The government’s new drugs strategy cannot win the ‘war on drugs’

‘If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back’: Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD
ADHD

‘If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back’: Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD