{"id":191430,"date":"2024-10-23T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/drug-deaths-soar-to-highest-level-ever-recorded-in-england-and-wales\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T21:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T20:00:23","slug":"drug-deaths-soar-to-highest-level-ever-recorded-in-england-and-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/drug-deaths-soar-to-highest-level-ever-recorded-in-england-and-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug deaths soar to highest level ever recorded in England and Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jEa3zx7tLIU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Drug deaths soar to highest level ever recorded in England and Wales\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jEa3zx7tLIU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Official figures show that drug deaths in England and Wales are at their highest since records began more than 30 years ago &#8211; up 11% on the previous year. <\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>In Wales, that figure is nearly 20%. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve spent the last year speaking to young people in Swansea about their experience of drug-taking and grief over lost friends &#8211; we&#8217;ve also had exclusive access to a drugs commission trying to solve the crisis.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official figures show that drug deaths in England and Wales are at their highest since records began more than 30 years ago &#8211; up 11% on the previous year. 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