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Nov 4, 2026

Cocaine overtakes heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales

Official data show cocaine has surpassed heroin as the substance most often involved in drug-poisoning deaths in England and Wales for the first time since records began, while overall drug deaths fell slightly.

Nov 4, 2026·3 sources
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  • ▪Dr James Morgan stated that total drug fatalities in England and Wales have roughly doubled since 2012
  • ▪Steep increases in drug deaths concentrated in post-industrial regions with high poverty dating to the 1980s, including the North East, Wales, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West, and East Midlands
  • ▪Dr James Morgan reported increasing numbers of young people becoming dependent on ketamine and suffering acute health difficulties such as bladder damage

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Public healthOpioid epidemicKetamineHealth disparitiesSubstance useAddiction & recovery

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