Why are so many women dying?

Why are so many women dying of drug related death?

Episode 27 of the Stop and Search podcast, hosted by Jason Reed, titled "Why are so many women dying?" was published on August 22, 2018 and runs 70 minutes.

August 22, 2018 ·70m · Stop and Search

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We're joined by author Laurie Penny, Channel 4 News reporter Anja Popp, and Executive Director of Release, Niamh Eastwood, as we discuss the worrying statistics that drug related death in women continues to increase. Why?Consecutive years have shown that we've an alarming trend - when we recorded this episode female drug related deaths had seen an a 95% increase, and yet women consume less drugs than men. And these figures are backed up too as we've recently seen yet another rise. We really have to talk about this...Join us as we take a long look at the many factors at play here - how we can save more lives? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

We're joined by author Laurie Penny, Channel 4 News reporter Anja Popp, and Executive Director of Release, Niamh Eastwood, as we discuss the worrying statistics that drug related death in women continues to increase. Why?

Consecutive years have shown that we've an alarming trend - when we recorded this episode female drug related deaths had seen an a 95% increase, and yet women consume less drugs than men. And these figures are backed up too as we've recently seen yet another rise. We really have to talk about this...

Join us as we take a long look at the many factors at play here - how we can save more lives?

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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