“I’ve always been anti-drugs all my life, it’s just the way I was brought up,” says Mike, 37, from Manchester. “But then I found myself asking people: ‘Do you know anyone selling?’” In 2008, Mike was ...

Every day, people embark on the road to recovery from addiction. Some choose—or are remanded by law enforcement—to do it with the help of some type of clinical service, some prefer the support of ...

STOCKED in every high street pharmacy in Britain, it is a drug that’s meant to ease pain – not cause it. And yet, an escalating addiction epidemic in the UK is risking the lives of ordinary people.