nitazenes
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
Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
The annual Dying Homeless count from the Museum of Homelessness found 1,611 people died while homeless in 2024, up 9% in a year with a surge in ‘deaths of despair’
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
My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?
My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?
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
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
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
Nitazenes: Use of life-saving overdose drug surges by 50% amid synthetic opioid crisis
