Smokers of the strong ‘skunk’ variety of cannabis are seven times more likely to experience psychosis, according to the Daily Mail.
The news comes from research comparing 280 people being treated for new psychosis with 174 …

Nine men involved in drugs supply in the East Midlands have been jailed after a police operation in which 660 guns and £53,300 in cash was seized.
The charges in the trial at Leicester Crown Court …

An anonymous tip-off has led to the discovery of a cannabis factory in Nottinghamshire containing 3,000 plants with a street value of £3m.
Officers raided a former chicken factory on Barrows Hill Lane in Jacksdale where …

A man has been arrested after a police officer “sniffed” out a haul of cannabis at a flat on Tyneside.
The officer was on routine patrol in the corridors of Bewick Court, Newcastle, when he became …

Two men have been arrested following the seizure of a large quantity of drugs in Cinderford, Gloucestershire.
A 23-year-old and a 21-year-old, both from Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean, were arrested on suspicion of drugs …

The Department of Health has recently received information suggesting that batches of herbal and ‘skunk-type’ cannabis have been contaminated with microscopic glass-like beads (or possibly ground glass). Laboratory testing has since confirmed a number of …