Drugs
More people are dying from nitazenes – we risk repeating the US fentanyl crisis
More people are dying from nitazenes – we risk repeating the US fentanyl crisis
America holds a warning for how bad the synthetic opioid crisis can get. It’s time to act before we sleepwalk into an emergency, writes Cranstoun’s Ant Lehane
Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known
Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known
Official statistics show 271 deaths from nitazenes in 2024. But those on the frontline tell Big Issue the true scale of the emergency could be even worse
Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis
Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis
Scotland is fighting to lose the unwanted title of Europe’s drug deaths capital. But a new threat from synthetic opioids is making it harder to save lives
Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers
Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers
Manchester police ‘encouraged’ to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting
Manchester police ‘encouraged’ to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting
Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone
Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone
The excuses don’t wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone
The excuses don’t wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone
Police could stop opioid deaths with this drug. So why do some UK forces stop officers carrying it?
Police could stop opioid deaths with this drug. So why do some UK forces stop officers carrying it?
Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples’ lives
Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples’ lives
I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy
I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy
Dozens use UK’s first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but ‘barriers’ still remain
Dozens use UK’s first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but ‘barriers’ still remain
Pete Doherty: ‘Living without heroin was very hard to imagine’
Pete Doherty: ‘Living without heroin was very hard to imagine’
Inside the UK’s first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths
Inside the UK’s first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths
‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here’s how one group is fighting the deadly threat
Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here’s how one group is fighting the deadly threat
Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK’s drug deaths crisis truly is
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
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
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
Drug deaths at highest level since records began – and experts say it’s going to get worse
So-called ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic
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’
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’
Chart-topping DJ Sigala: ‘I’m looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii’
‘When I first went inside I wanted to die’: What life’s like inside a UK women’s prison
