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Hooked on Painkillers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Doctors in the UK are prescribing record doses of highly addictive painkillers. Around four million people are now taking opioids - drugs that are closely related to heroin. Reporter Declan Lawn meets patients who have been hooked on painkillers for years and he goes inside the NHS clinic helping them kick the prescription habit. Show less

Contributors

Reporter:
Declan Lawn
Producer:
Steven Hobson
Executive Producer:
Andrew Head

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