{"id":288011,"date":"2025-10-17T21:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nitazene-drug-deaths-rise-fourfold-in-a-year\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:05:05","slug":"nitazene-drug-deaths-rise-fourfold-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nitazene-drug-deaths-rise-fourfold-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitazene drug deaths rise fourfold in a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5FKASm_Ykhg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Nitazene drug deaths rise fourfold in a year\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5FKASm_Ykhg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The number of drug related deaths in England and Wales has soared to an all time high especially those involving synthetic opioids like nitazenes.<\/p>\n<p>The substances can be hundreds of times more potent than heroin &#8211; with a high risk of overdose and figures show deaths have risen fourfold compared the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>We have been hearing from some of those with painful, personal experience of a growing health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of drug related deaths in England and Wales has soared to an all time high especially those involving synthetic opioids like nitazenes. 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