Four men have been arrested after drugs said to be worth thousands of pounds were seized in Aberdeen.
The men – aged 18, 19, 20 and 29 – are from the London and Wolverhampton areas.
Grampian Police …

The number of young people seeking treatment for heroin and crack cocaine addiction in England has fallen dramatically, annual figures suggest.
The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse said the figures for 18 to 24-year-olds marked …

As Iran celebrates their New Year festival, Nowrouz, some Iranians turn increasingly to drugs and liquor to get them in the party mood.
Nowrouz lasts for two weeks and many people travel to the lush jungles …

An estimated 4,000 children in Nottingham have parents who use heroin or crack, according to a research project.
Radford-based Stars, which works with children affected by their parents drug abuse, said it was seeing children as …

Fifteen people have been arrested in a series of early morning drugs raids across Hampshire, Surrey and London.
Addresses were searched in Aldershot, Farnborough, Fleet, Farnham, Camberley, Ash and London on Wednesday.
The warrants were executed as …

Police have said smashing a major drug dealing gang in Middlesbrough prevented a violent turf war.
The five major players of the “Donna Network” crack cocaine gang were jailed for a total of 27 years at …

Fast cars, sharp suits and a multi-million pound property portfolio – it sounds like a classic British gangster movie.
But the life of convicted Nottinghamshire “drugs general” Gary Hardy was far from fiction.
On Thursday, Hardy was …

Police have sealed off a house in a Surrey village which they believed was being used by drug dealers.
Surrey Police said the property in Birch Road, Farncombe, was boarded up on Friday following an order …

A 23-year-old drug dealer has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the manslaughter of a 30-year-old man.
David Williams, of Oldbrook Boulevard in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, was stabbed in his flat last August.
Eric Erron …

Three people have been remanded in custody in connection with £200,000 worth of drugs found in Bedfordshire.
Crack cocaine was discovered inside a car pulled over by police on Leagrave High Street, Luton, on 6 February.
Aubrey …

A 14-year-old girl arrested after drugs were found in a south Devon flat has been released without charge.
Officers found what was believed to be crack cocaine and heroin with an estimated street value of £5,000 …

Ten people have been arrested after a series of drugs raids in Aberdeen in recent days.
Grampian Police said heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine with a street value of £213,000 had been seized by officers since …

Two pubs suspected of being involved in drug dealing near Leeds schools have been closed down by officers in a series of raids.
“Crack house” closure orders were served on the Skinners Arms in Scott Hall …

Three people were arrested after £10,000 worth of drugs were recovered during a raid on a house on Teesside.
Several ounces of heroin valued at £7,000 and crack cocaine worth £3,000 were found at the house …

A new drug classification system that relates more closely to harm, has been proposed in the latest issue of The Lancet. The article follows hot on the heels of the RSA Drugs Commission recommendations on …

Cocaine is an alkaloid found in leaves of the South American shrub Erythroxylon coca. It is a powerfully reinforcing psychostimulant. The drug induces a sense of exhilaration in the user primarily by blocking the reuptake …