‘Like putting a supercharger onto a Ford Anglia’: What drugs do to your body in middle-age

As reports show highest rates of deaths after drug misuse among older people, experts take a look at the health risks

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There were 1,118 deaths involving cocaine registered in 2023, according to the ONS Credit: iStockphoto

A recent report from the Office for National Statistics revealed that older people continue to register the highest rates of drug misuse mortality...

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