UK Drugs

Heroin Worth £40 Million Has Been Found In A Felixstowe Shipping Container, Hidden Under Bath Towels

It is believed to be one the UK's largest ever drugs seizures.
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These MRI Scans Show What Regular Cocaine Use Can Do To The Brain

This man was treated in intensive care for inflammatory leucoencephalopathy – a disease of the brain's white matter.
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Police Investigate Six Deaths In Essex Thought To Be Caused By Class A Drugs

Tests are ongoing to identify the drug.
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Four Dead In 'Drug-Related Incidents' In 48 Hours Across Essex

Police are investigating deaths a woman and three men in the south of the county.
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Weed-Smoking Parents Are Harsher Disciplinarians, California Study Suggests

They might not be as "chill" as we think.
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How The War On Drugs Criminalises The Poorest In Human Society

We need to recognise that people need to survive – they should not be treated as criminals for trying to do so, Christian Aid's Karol Balfe writes
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Meth And Turtle Transporters Arrested In Malaysia

Malaysian authorities have arrested two Indian men carrying 5,255 turtles in their luggage, as well as over 14 kilos of drugs at Kuala Lumpur airport. If convicted and charged, they could face the death penalty.
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Woman Growing Her Own Medicinal Cannabis Has Plants Confiscated By Police

Carly Barton said she was threatened with arrest.
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15-Year-Old Girl Dies After Taking Ecstasy In Northallerton

A police investigation has been launched.
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Magic Mushrooms Have Just Been Decriminalised In Denver

"Now we can start to have the conversation about using them mindfully."
By Press Association