The War on Drugs

Why Drug Deaths Are Rising in the UK (2021x17)

Date de diffusion: Nov 18, 2021

The UK is experiencing record drug deaths. Every year seems to break a new record in the number of people dying. But it wasn’t always like this. In the early 2000s, drug deaths were falling. What happened? This is how a faction in the British Conservative Party has completely restructured UK drug treatment, wrecking a system that had been considered world-leading – and how tens of thousands of people may have died as a result.