Health · 9 hours ago
Cocaine now kills more people than heroin in England and Wales
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The Office for National Statistics, the official statistics body, counted 1,233 cocaine deaths registered in 2025, against 1,210 linked to heroin or morphine. Overall, drug poisoning claimed 5,519 lives, with the rate decreasing, a reversal of the trend observed since 2012. The North East had the highest rate, at 135.2 deaths per million people, while London's was 58.3.
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