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Data are presented by cause of death, sex, age, substance(s) involved in the death, and by country and region](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoningenglandandwalesreferencetable) - [cahced version in this repo](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/opioid-addiction/blob/master/deathsrelatedtodrugpoisoningenglandandwales.xls)\n* Home Office: [Drug misuse: findings from the 2016 to 2017 CSEW](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/drug-misuse-findings-from-the-2016-to-2017-csew) - [cached copy in this repo](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/opioid-addiction/blob/master/drug-misuse-1617-tables.xlsx)\n* NHS Digital: [Practice Level Prescribing in England: a summary](https://www.digital.nhs.uk/practice-level-prescribing-summary)\n* OpenPrescribing\n\n## Quotes and interviews\n\n* Nicki Hari, UK Addiction Treatment, former opioid user\n* Professor Jonathan Chick, Castle Craig Hospital, a rehabilitation clinic in Peeblesshire, Scotland\n* Dr Luke Mordecai, University College London Hospitals\n* Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman, Royal College of GPs\n* Spokesman, NHS England \n\n## Visualisation\n\n![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/166DF/production/_100417819_chart-opioid_regions_060318-dp39v-nc.png)\n\n* Bar chart: Number of death certificates that mention opioids\n* Bar chart: Items prescribed per 1,000 residents, by NHS region\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fopioid-addiction","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fopioid-addiction","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fopioid-addiction/lists"}