Drugs

The North East has become an opioid hotspot • Its towns are seeking a chemical escape • Can hope return?

Our data reveals new overdose hotspots • But how many people are dying? • The Government doesn't know

Medetomidine has arrived in Kensington • The most powerful drug yet • 'You go straight to sleep'

Amateur shamans • Promising psychedelic salvation • But delivering psychosis

Rabbis on ayahuasca • MDMA in the West Bank • Then America bombs Iran

An empty stripper pole • Grenades on the table • The party must go on