4 hours ago · England
Cocaine overtakes heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK and Sky News UK are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to England. The first report grouped here was at 4 Nov 2026, 11:20 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Cocaine overtakes heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Charities say government ‘must act now’ with cocaine-specific deaths eight times higher than in 2010 Cocaine has overtaken heroin as the biggest cause of drug deaths in England and Wales, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. The government “must act now to reverse this deadly trend”, charities have…
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- First reported by Sky News UK
Cocaine-related deaths overtake heroin for first time in England and Wales
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
Cocaine overtakes heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales
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