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Hooked on Painkillers

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.

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.

30 minutes

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Sun 10 Jan 201620:30GMT
BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD

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Credits

ReporterDeclan Lawn
ProducerSteven Hobson
Executive ProducerAndrew Head
EditorCeri Thomas

Broadcasts

  • Sat 9 Jan 201601:30GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News North America, BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sat 9 Jan 201615:30GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sun 10 Jan 201609:30GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sun 10 Jan 201620:30GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD