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MEDICAL NEWS · BBC NEWS: HEALTH · 4 November 2026

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

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Cocaine overtakes heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales There were 5,519 drug poisoning deaths registered in 2025 in England and Wales, the equivalent of 92.4 deaths per million people.

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