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Drugs and addiction
How Vancouver is Saving Addicts' Lives—On the Ground
The city is fighting back providing injection sites, antidotes and drugs on prescription.
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Why Is Using Alcohol To Cope So Common?—BBC Stories, Like Minds
We've been exploring why it's so tempting to use alcohol as a coping strategy.
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'Monkey Dust Drug Ruined my Son's Life'—On the Ground
Mother of monkey dust drug addict warns of dangers caused by the drug.
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Going to Work Drunk Every Day—BBC Stories
Functioning alcoholics on their road to recovery
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The Little-known 2C Drugs Causing Family Devastation—Focus
What is the drug and what are the risks?
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'Xanax' Linked to More Than 200 deaths—Focus
At least 204 deaths have been linked to the misuse of the drug Xanax in the UK since 2015
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The Deadly Truth of New Drugs Cocktail—On the Ground
A rise in cocaine deaths is being blamed on fentanyl, an opioid stronger than morphine.
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Inside Small-town Britain's Drug Epidemic—Focus
County lines: Newsnight looks at the murky world of drug dealing.
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Fighting Heroin Addiction: Bobby's Story—Your World
Bobby's spoken to the BBC about what made him turn his life around.
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