Join consultation on naloxone

The government unveiled plans to expand access to naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses, with a 10-week UK-wide consultation (deadline 9 March). Drug-related deaths doubled since 2012, with a record 5,565 lives lost in England and Wales last year alone. Deaths involving nitazenes rose from 52 reported deaths in 2023 to 195 deaths in 2024.