Praise for 'A Bitter Pill'

The UK’s leading drug charity praises our ‘A Bitter Pill’ Campaign.

Published 4th Sep 2013

There's praise for our 'A Bitter Pill' campaign as the UK's leading drugs charity raises concerns over a surge in drug-related deaths.

The latest stats show fatal overdoses involving PMA rose from just one in 2011 to 20 in 2012.

The number of people losing their lives to so-called legal highs has also doubled in that time to 52.

As a result an alert's been issued to hospitals across the UK.

Our reporter Michelle Livesey’s been speaking to DrugScope’s Chief Executive Martin: