Why Drug Deaths Are Rising in the UK | The War on Drugs

The UK is experiencing record drug deaths. Every year seems to break a new record in the number of people dying. But it wasn’t always like this. In the early 2000s, drug deaths were falling. What happened? This is how a faction in the British Conservative Party has completely restructured UK drug treatment, wrecking a system that had been considered world-leading – and how tens of thousands of people may have died as a result. Watch more from this series: How Heroin Defeated America in Afghanistan    • How Heroin Defeated America in Afghanistan...   Why Mexican Cartels Use American Guns    • Why Mexican Cartels Use American Guns | Th...   How Mexican Drug Cartels Make Billions    • How Mexican Drug Cartels Make Billions | T...   Check out the VICE World News playlist for global reporting you won't find elsewhere:    • World News   Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter:   / vice   Follow us on Instagram:   / vice   The VICE YouTube Network: VICE:    / vice   MUNCHIES:    / munchies   VICE News:    / vicenews   VICELAND:    / vicelandtv   Broadly:    / broadly   Noisey:    / noisey   Motherboard:    / motherboardtv   VICE Sports:    / noc   i-D:    / idmagazine   Waypoint:    / waypointvice