Cocaine surpasses heroin as leading cause of drug deaths in England and Wales

• Cocaine-related deaths in England and Wales have nearly quadrupled over the past decade.
• In 2022, there were 1,233 cocaine-related deaths, eight times higher than in 2010.
• Charities urge the government to take immediate action to address this trend.
• Heroin remains a significant cause of drug deaths, but cocaine has now overtaken it.
• The Office for National Statistics released the data highlighting this shift.