The UK must prepare for a fentanyl crisis
Synthetic opioids cause 70,000 drug overdose deaths a year in the US – we need to prevent a similar epidemic in Britain.
By![The UK must prepare for a fentanyl crisis The UK must prepare for a fentanyl crisis](https://dl6pgk4f88hky.cloudfront.net/2023/11/02/imresizer-1698930712244-scaled.jpg)
New Times,
New Thinking.
Jake Shepherd is a senior researcher at the Social Market Foundation.
Synthetic opioids cause 70,000 drug overdose deaths a year in the US – we need to prevent a similar epidemic in Britain.
By Jake ShepherdThere is a clear link between deprivation and drug misuse.
By Jake Shepherd