A suspected cannabis plant has been found in a cell in a Dorset prison, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.
The suspicious plant was recently discovered by prison officers at HMP The Verne in Portland, a …
Government in-fighting is undermining efforts to tackle prisoners’ heroin addiction, a former drugs tsar says.
Mike Trace said prisoners were being prescribed the addictive heroin substitute methadone instead of being encouraged to get drug-free.
He said the …
The head of the UN drugs agency (UNODC) has warned that widespread drug trafficking is transforming Africa into a major crime hub.
Antonio Maria Costa said huge amounts of heroin and cocaine were being traded by …
A drugs courier was caught by police after he got tired of travelling by bus and took a taxi for the rest of his journey, a court has heard.
Student David Allan, 22, of Inverness, was …
One of Britain’s richest criminals has been jailed for trying to smuggle drugs into the Channel Islands.
Drugs baron Curtis Warren, who was once Interpol’s most wanted man, was given a 13-year sentence.
Warren, 46, and five …
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 …
Repeated use of the drug popularly known as “ecstasy” significantly raises the risk of developing sleep apnea in otherwise healthy young adults with no other known risk factors for the sleep disturbance, a new study …
The numbers of young adults entering NHS-funded treatment for cocaine addiction are growing rapidly.
A total of 1,591 people in England aged 18-24 began receiving treatment for dependence on the class A drug in 2005-06. But …
Cocaine could be sold in pharmacies and cannabis in coffee shops under suggestions for decriminalising drugs set out by think tank Transform.
The body, which campaigns for the legalisation of drugs, says its ideas would reduce …
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 …
Frequent use of ketamine – a drug popular with clubbers – is being linked with memory problems, researchers say.
The University College London team carried out a range of memory and psychological tests on 120 people.
They …
Three people have been arrested after a police drugs operation in the Borders.
Heroin and cash worth about £3,000 were found after properties in the Montrose Place and Bleachfield Road area of Selkirk were searched on …
A man said to be the “driving force” behind a shipment of heroin to Pembrokeshire and his supplier have been jailed for seven years each.
Daniel McKenzie, 38, of Neyland, traded in drugs even though his …
Britney Spears’ manager has been banned from going near her after the troubled star’s mother took out a restraining order in a Los Angeles court.
Lynne Spears claimed Sam Lutfi, 33, drugged her daughter, cut off …
A police officer who admitted dealing cocaine while on secondment to his force’s drugs unit has been jailed for 26 months.
Christopher McGinn was caught with the drug in a pub car park by Lothian and …
Drug users in Swansea are being asked to sign up to be sent mobile texts on what to do if they overdose and how to reduce their addiction risks.
Messages such as “Overdose: Don’t panic. Put …
British teenager Scarlett Keeling was drugged and sexually assaulted before she died, police in Goa, India, say.
The 15-year-old girl, from Bideford, Devon, was found dead on a beach in Anjuna, Goa, last month.
Placido Carvalho was …
Pop star Michael Jackson had lethal levels of the powerful anaesthetic propofol in his body when he died, coroner’s office documents show.
The findings were contained in a previously sealed search warrant which has been made …
They were offering Christmas specials on the south coast last week. Two wraps of heroin for the price of one. Buy a gram, get a hit of crack for free. Mike was unable to resist. …
Four people have been arrested after what police believe to be cocaine was found during a raid on a house in Gloucester.
Officers from the street offences team searched the address in Park End Road on …
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 …
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has revealed the band are starting auditions to replace Steven Tyler.
“We’ll have found a new singer by the summer and Aerosmith will be able to go back out on the road,” …
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 …
Gardaí are continuing to question two men in their 20s in County Monaghan after a large quantity of cannabis was seized.
The haul is believed to be worth about 300,000 euros.
Gardaí from the Monaghan Drugs Unit …
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