Drug addiction

James Rose

So-called 'deaths of despair' are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic

'Deaths of despair' are rising sharply in the UK, prompting urgent calls for government action

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Drug addiction

So-called 'deaths of despair' are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic

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