<p>Charities say government ‘must act now’ with cocaine-specific deaths eight times higher than in 2010</p><p>Cocaine has overtaken heroin as the biggest cause of drug deaths in England and Wales, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.</p><p>The government “must act now to reverse this deadly trend”, charities have said, with 1,233 deaths caused by cocaine last year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/nov/04/cocaine-overtakes-heroin-drug-deaths-england-wales">Continue reading...</a>
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Cocaine overtakes heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales
<p>Charities say government ‘must act now’ with cocaine-specific deaths eight times higher than in 2010</p><p>Cocaine has overtaken heroin as the biggest cause of drug deaths in England and Wales, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.</p><p>The government “must act now to reverse this deadly trend”, charities have said, with 1,233 deaths caused by cocaine last year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/nov/04/cocaine-overtakes-heroin-drug-deaths-england-wales">Continue reading...</a>