Calls to protect children from the dangers of the internet aren’t new. But parents in one Oklahoma town are adding an unusual fear to the list: getting high from digital music.
Three students at Mustang High …

Thousands of pounds worth of suspected crack cocaine and cannabis have been seized in police raids in the Black Country.
More than 40 officers raided five addresses in the Cradley Heath area on Friday morning and …

British travellers have been warned not to get involved with drugs abroad, as figures show a large number of those detained are accused of drugs offences.
Foreign Office figures for 30 September 2009 showed 1,057 of …

A ban on synthetic stimulant mephedrone has come into force across the UK.
The drug and its related compounds are now Class B substances after measures were rushed through Parliament.
The Advisory Council for the Misuse of …

A property in Northamptonshire is to be boarded up after police carried out a series of drugs raids on Wednesday.
Magistrates agreed to the closure of 23 Duncan Court, Croyland, Wellingborough.
A man aged 28 has been …

Hallucinogenic drugs with a street value of £35,000 have been seized from a flat in Edinburgh.
Officers recovered 3.5kg of mescaline from an address in Nicolson Street on Thursday.
A 31-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were …

Four people have been charged over the deaths of a man and a woman following a party in Hertfordshire in January.
Local man Ben Walters, 18, and Lindsey Wilson, 28, of Maidenhead, died following the party …

Mephedrone could be banned by 16 April, Home Office minister David Hanson has told Parliament.
Mr Hanson said Home Secretary Alan Johnson had laid a draft order before Parliament to approve the ban on mephedrone and …

Two men have been arrested after police seized suspected drugs during a raid at a Derbyshire house.
Officers said they found a significant amount of what was thought to be controlled drugs in Stratford Street in …

Authorities in the Channel Island of Guernsey have told BBC News they are considering classifying the synthetic stimulant mephedrone as a class A drug.
Mephedrone, which has a similar effect to amphetamines, ecstasy or cocaine, reportedly …