Fentanyl and cocaine-related deaths on the rise

Deaths linked to cocaine and the painkiller fentanyl are rising, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.There were 75 deaths linked with fentanyl in England and Wales in 2017, up by nearly a third from the 2016 statistic of 58.There has also been a slow rise in cocaine deaths for the sixth consecutive year, up to 432 in 2017, compared to 371 in 2016.