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Opiods: Is the UK on the verge of a crisis?
The use and abuse of opioid drugs - ranging from painkillers to heroin - is on the rise in the UK, particularly in deprived parts of northern England.
Some 24 million opioid drugs were prescribed last year, up 10 million in a decade, and that the means the UK has the third-fastest use of them.
For Politics Live, John Owen reports from Scarborough.
