Table NPS3: Drug-related deaths on the basis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) 'wide' definition which involved New Psychoactive Substances (NPSs)1 and were registered in 2015

(i) Deaths for which one or more NPSs were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the death

(a) Benzodiazepine-type NPS present; no other types of NPS

Included in this report's statistics2

no.Substances which were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of deathSubstances which were present, but which were not considered to have contributed to the death
1MIRTAZAPINE, FLUBROMAZEPAM, COCAINECHLORDIAZEPOXIDE, PARACETAMOL, ALCOHOL
2HEROIN, ETIZOLAM, ALCOHOL.
3METHADONE, PREGABALIN, ETIZOLAM, DIAZEPAM.
4HEROIN, ETIZOLAM, PREGABALIN.
5HEROIN, ETIZOLAMALCOHOL
6ETIZOLAM, METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, PREGABALIN, MIRTAZAPINE.
7METHADONE, AMITRIPTYLINE, PHENAZEPAM .
8METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, ETIZOLAM, MORPHINE, DIAZEPAM.
9HEROIN, METHADONE, PREGABALIN, ETIZOLAM, PHENAZEPAM DOTHIEPIN, QUETIAPINE, CANNABIS
10OPIATE, BENZODIAZEPINE, MORPHINE, METHADONE, CODEINE, DIAZEPAM, ETIZOLAMMIRTAZAPINE, CANNABIS, DELORAZEPAM, LORAZEPAM, DICLAZEPAM
11HEROIN, DIAZEPAM, ETIZOLAM CANNABIS
12BENZODIAZEPINE, FLUBROMAZEPAM, FLUBROMAZOLAM, DELORAZEPAM, LORAZEPAM, ALCOHOL.
13METHADONE, PHENAZEPAM, AMPHETAMINEDIAZEPAM, CHLORPROMAZINE, MIRTAZAPINE
14HEROIN, METHADONE, PHENAZEPAM DIAZEPAM, CANNABIS, CODEINE, ALCOHOL
15HEROIN, METHADONE, PHENAZEPAM DIAZEPAM, PARACETAMOL
16MORPHINE, METHADONE, ETIZOLAM AMITRIPTYLINE, DIAZEPAM, GABAPENTIN
17ETIZOLAM, GABAPENTIN, COCAINE, ALCOHOLCANNABIS
18METHADONE, ETIZOLAM CARBAMAZEPINE
19HEROIN, ETIZOLAM.
20MORPHINE, CODEINE, PHENAZEPAMPARACETAMOL
21COCAINE, ETIZOLAM, MIRTAZAPINE, ALCOHOL.
22HEROIN, ETIZOLAM.
23METHADONE, ETIZOLAMDIAZEPAM, MIRTAZAPINE, CHLORPROMAZINE, PROPRANOLOL, ALCOHOL
24METHADONE, ETIZOLAMDIAZEPAM, GABAPENTIN
25METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, ETIZOLAM.
26COCAINE, MORPHINE, METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, ETIZOLAM, ALCOHOLDIHYDROCODEINE, CANNABIS
27HEROIN, BUPRENORPHINE, ETIZOLAM, METHADONENEFOPAM, GABAPENTIN, QUETIAPINE, AMITRIPTYLINE, MIRTAZAPINE
28HEROIN, ETIZOLAMMETHADONE, DIAZEPAM, PREGABALIN, MIRTAZAPINE, CANNABIS
29HEROIN, METHADONE, DICLAZEPAMMIRTAZAPINE, DESMETHYLIMIPRAMINE
30PREGABALIN, METHADONE, ETIZOLAMDIAZEPAM, PARACETAMOL
31HEROIN, ETIZOLAM, GABAPENTIN, PREGABALINDIAZEPAM, AMITRIPTYLINE
32METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, ETIZOLAMCLOMIPRAMINE, DIAZEPAM, QUETIAPINE
33METHADONE, ETIZOLAMGABAPENTIN, CANNABIS
34ETIZOLAM, DICLAZEPAM, DIAZEPAM, METHADONEMIRTAZAPINE, ALCOHOL
35METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, DICLAZEPAMVENLAFAXINE, ZOPICLONE, CANNABIS
36METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, ETIZOLAM, DICLAZEPAM PAROXETINE
37GABAPENTIN, ETIZOLAM, METHADONE, COCAINEMIRTAZAPINE
38METHADONE, DIAZEPAM, ETIZOLAM, PREGABALIN, LAMOTRIGINE, OLANZAPINE, SERTRALINE.
39METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, ETIZOLAM, COCAINEMIRTAZAPINE, DIAZEPAM, CANNABIS
40ETIZOLAM, DIAZEPAM, ALCOHOL.
41METHADONE, ETIZOLAMGABAPENTIN, MIRTAZAPINE, DIAZEPAM
42HEROIN, METHADONE, ETIZOLAM.
43HEROIN, ETIZOLAM, ALCOHOLCOCAINE, DIAZEPAM, MIRTAZAPINE
44HEROIN, METHADONE, DICLAZEPAMSERTRALINE
45ETIZOLAM, MORPHINE.
46HEROIN, DIHYDROCODEINE, PREGABALIN, ETIZOLAMDIAZEPAM, OLANZAPINE, AMITRIPTYLINE, MIRTAZAPINE, CYCLIZINE, PARACETAMOL, PROPRANOLOL, CANNABIS
47HEROIN, ETIZOLAM, COCAINE, ALCOHOLDIAZEPAM
48HEROIN, METHADONE, ETIZOLAM DIAZEPAM, MIRTAZAPINE, ALCOHOL
49GABAPENTIN, ETIZOLAM, METHADONE, ALCOHOLDIPHENHYDRAMINE
50METHADONE, PREGABALIN, ETIZOLAMMIRTAZAPINE
51HEROIN, ETIZOLAM, GABAPENTINMIRTAZAPINE
52HEROIN, DICLAZEPAMGABAPENTIN, METHADONE, DIAZEPAM, CANNABIS
53HEROIN, ETIZOLAMMIRTAZAPINE, PARACETAMOL, ALCOHOL
54MORPHINE, METHADONE, PREGABALIN, ETIZOLAM, COCAINEDIAZEPAM, CANNABIS
55HEROIN, METHADONE, AMITRIPTYLINE, DICLAZEPAM, TRAMADOL, GABAPENTINDIAZEPAM
56DIHYDROCODEINE, HYDROCODONE, DICLAZEPAM, CITALOPRAMALCOHOL

Not included in this report's statistics

no.Substances which were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of deathSubstances which were present, but which were not considered to have contributed to the death
1HEROIN, PREGABALIN, DIAZEPAM, CHLORPHENIRAMINE, FLUOXETINE, DIHYDROCODEINE, DICLAZEPAMALCOHOL

(b) Other types of NPS present; no Benzodiazepine-type NPS

Included in this report's statistics2

no.Substances which were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of deathSubstances which were present, but which were not considered to have contributed to the death
1MDMA, MEPHEDRONECANNABIS
2HEROIN, METHIOPROPAMINE, MEXEDRONE, GABAPENTIN, DIAZEPAM.
3HEROIN, METHADONE, ETHYLPHENIDATELAMOTRIGINE, CARBAMAZEPINE
4METHIOPROPAMINE, QUETIAPINE, DIAZEPAM, LORAZEPAM.
5HEROIN, METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, MEPHEDRONE, AMPHETAMINE, DIAZEPAM, AMITRIPTYLINEALCOHOL
6MDMA, ECSTASY, PVP .
7PMMA, PMA, MDMA, AMPHETAMINE, BZP.
8MDPV.
9PMA, COCAINE, AMPHETAMINEDIAZEPAM, LORAZEPAM, ALCOHOL
10HEROIN, METHADONE, GABAPENTIN, DIAZEPAM, ETHYLPHENIDATEMIDAZOLAM, MORPHINE, ZOPICLONE
11DIHYDROCODEINE, ETHYLPHENIDATE.
12METHADONE, PARACETAMOL, CODEINE, CITALOPRAM, ETHYLPHENIDATE, CHLORPROMAZINEDIAZEPAM, ALCOHOL
13HEROIN, COCAINE, MITRAGYNINEDIHYDROCODEINE, ALCOHOL
14GAMMA HYDROXYBUTYRATE, CHLOROMETHCATHINONESILDENAFIL
15METHIOPROPAMINE.
16ETHYLPHENIDATE, DIAZEPAM, BUPRENORPHINE, PREGABALINCANNABIS

Not included in this report's statistics

no.Substances which were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of deathSubstances which were present, but which were not considered to have contributed to the death
1METHIOPROPAMINE.

(c) Both Benzodiazepine-type NPS and other types of NPS present

Included in this report's statistics2

No such deaths.

Not included in this report's statistics

No such deaths.

(ii) Deaths for which NPSs were present but were NOT considered to have contributed to the death

(a) Benzodiazepine-type NPS present; no other types of NPS

Included in this report's statistics2

no.Substances which were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of deathSubstances which were present, but which were not considered to have contributed to the death
1MORPHINE, ALCOHOLPYRAZOLAM
2TRAMADOLAMITRIPTYLINE, OLANZAPINE, MIRTAZAPINE, GABAPENTIN, DICLAZEPAM, LORAZEPAM, ALCOHOL
3OPIATE, MORPHINE, DIHYDROCODEINE, GABAPENTIN, MIRTAZAPINEDIAZEPAM, PARACETAMOL, CANNABIS, DICLAZEPAM
4MORPHINE, HEROIN, METHADONE, DIAZEPAMMIRTAZAPINE, CANNABIS, ETIZOLAM
5OPIATE, BENZODIAZEPINE, MORPHINE, HEROIN, METHADONE, DIAZEPAMCANNABIS, DICLAZEPAM, PYRAZOLAM
6AMPHETAMINECODEINE, NORFLUOXETINE, ETIZOLAM, CANNABIS
7HEROIN, METHADONEMIRTAZAPINE, PREGABALIN, COCAINE, DIAZEPAM, DICLAZEPAM, CANNABIS
8MDMA, ECSTASY, COCAINEDICLAZEPAM, DIAZEPAM
9HEROINMIRTAZAPINE, QUETIAPINE, DICLAZEPAM, PREGABALIN
10HEROINPHENAZEPAM, AMITRIPTYLINE, PARACETAMOL
11METHADONE, HEROINDIAZEPAM, QUININE, MIRTAZAPINE, PHENAZEPAM
12HEROIN, COCAINE, ALCOHOLDIHYDROCODEINE, SERTRALINE, DICLAZEPAM
13OXYCODONE, DIHYDROCODEINEPARACETAMOL, DIAZEPAM, CITALOPRAM, ETIZOLAM, LORAZEPAM, DELORAZEPAM, PROMETHAZINE
14TRAMADOL, GABAPENTIN, ZOPICLONEDIAZEPAM, DICLAZEPAM
15GABAPENTIN, METHADONEETIZOLAM, RISPERIDONE, CANNABIS, ALCOHOL
16METHADONEETIZOLAM, VENLAFAXINE, PROCYCLIDINE, ZUCLOPENTHIXOL
17COCAINE, HEROIN, ALCOHOLETIZOLAM, DIAZEPAM, CANNABIS
18MORPHINE, METHADONE, GABAPENTINMIRTAZAPINE, ETIZOLAM, TRAZODONE, CANNABIS
19METHADONEETIZOLAM, DIAZEPAM
20.MORPHINE, ETIZOLAM, CANNABIS
21HEROIN, ALCOHOLMETHADONE, ETIZOLAM
22HEROIN, METHADONEDIAZEPAM, ETIZOLAM, ALCOHOL
23METHADONE, TRAMADOLPREGABALIN, ETIZOLAM
24HEROIN, METHADONEETIZOLAM, ALCOHOL
25HEROINETIZOLAM, DIHYDROCODEINE, ALCOHOL
26COCAINE, METHADONE, ALCOHOLETIZOLAM, CANNABIS
27COCAINE, HEROIN, METHADONEETIZOLAM, GABAPENTIN, PREGABALIN, CANNABIS, DIAZEPAM
28HEROIN, METHADONEDIAZEPAM, ETIZOLAM, GABAPENTIN, MIRTAZAPINE, DIHYDROCODEINE, ALCOHOL
29METHADONEDIAZEPAM, GABAPENTIN, AMITRIPTYLINE, MIRTAZAPINE, DICLAZEPAM, CANNABIS, ALCOHOL
30.DELORAZEPAM, FLUBROMAZEPAM, ZOLPIDEM, PREGABALIN

Not included in this report's statistics

no such deaths

(b) Other types of NPS present; no Benzodiazepine-type NPS

Included in this report's statistics2

no.Substances which were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of deathSubstances which were present, but which were not considered to have contributed to the death
1DIHYDROCODEINE, DIAZEPAM, OXAZEPAM, TEMAZEPAM, LORAZEPAMMETHADONE, MEPHEDRONE, EDDP, CANNABIS
2METHADONE, GABAPENTINDIAZEPAM, CODEINE, MORPHINE, METHIOPROPAMINE. ALCOHOL
3HEROIN, ALCOHOLMETHIOPROPAMINE, CODEINE, DIAZEPAM, BUPRENORPHINE
4.AMITRIPTYLINE, DIAZEPAM, TRAMADOL, GABAPENTIN, MIRTAZAPINE, CODEINE, MORPHINE, METHADONE, ETHYLPHENIDATE, ALCOHOL
5METHADONE, ALCOHOLMETHYLETHCATHINONE, DIAZEPAM, FLUOXETINE

Not included in this report's statistics

no.Substances which were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of deathSubstances which were present, but which were not considered to have contributed to the death
1UNSPECIFIED DRUGETHYLPHENIDATE
2HELIUMDIHYDROCODEINE, KRATOM, DIAZEPAM, ALCOHOL

(c) Both Benzodiazepine-type NPS and other types of NPS present

Included in this report's statistics2

no.Substances which were implicated in, or potentially contributed to, the cause of deathSubstances which were present, but which were not considered to have contributed to the death
1MORPHINE, HEROIN, DIAZEPAMDICLAZEPAM, MIRTAZAPINE, PREGABALIN, QUETIAPINE, MPA, ETHYLPHENIDATE

Not included in this report's statistics

no such deaths

Footnotes:

  1. The substances which are counted (for the purpose of these figures) as New Psychoactive Substances are described in Annex E.
  2. For example, within the Drug Strategy 'baseline' definition, as implemented by National Records of Scotland.