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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.
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Sun 10 Jan 2016
20:30GMT
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Reporter | Declan Lawn |
Producer | Steven Hobson |
Executive Producer | Andrew Head |
Editor | Ceri Thomas |
Broadcasts
- Sat 9 Jan 2016 01:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except North America, UK & UK HD
- Sat 9 Jan 2016 15:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 10 Jan 2016 09:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 10 Jan 2016 20:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD