All news on the topic: Drugs

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Warning issued over fake weight loss jabs sold online as people end up in coma
Illegal traders are selling fake weight loss pens which are causing serious effects including hypoglycaemic shock and coma, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency warned
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Prison worker caged for flooding jail with drugs after falling for inmate
Mental health nursing assistant Amy Hatfield, 38, was a huge part of the conspiracy which also involved six other inmates including her married lover, his wife and dad
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Jockey nephew of riding great Pat Eddery hit with six-month ban for cocaine use
George Eddery 24, was suspended for six months by a disciplinary panel after testing positive for the banned substance when riding at Lingfield in June
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Budding jockey escapes prison after cannabis and cocaine found in police raid
Oran Brown, who has an amateur licence and was reportedly due to ride at Cheltenham this weekend, received a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence
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Jack Fincham handed driving ban for smashing car after taking cocaine
Love Island star Jack Fincham was hit with a driving ban and unpaid community work after he hit a traffic island while driving his BMW under the influence of cocaine
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Woman on toilet savaged by dog after giving THC-laced gummy bear to calm it down
A woman was attacked by her Rottweiler Blau after giving the pet a THC-laced gummy bear as the dog had shown stress signs. The animal was later taken away and euthanised
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Drugs boss was so sure of being 'untouchable' he named one of his firms 'Teflon'
Craig McKenzie led an "extravagant" lifestyle and was caught with a £250,000 watch, funded by his vast drugs plot which saw cocaine, heroin and cannabis flood our streets
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Veteran cop who boasted about loving job 'sold strong fentanyl & heroin on duty'
Grace Rose Baez began her career as a police officer more than 10 years ago, but has now been charged with distributing drugs after arranging to sell fentanyl and heroin to a police informant whilst she was on duty
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Dog moves head back & forth uncontrollably after eating meth on walk with owner
Jent Hunt said it 'blew' her mind after a vet told her it was likley that her dog had fallen ill after consuming human faeces which had traces of meth in it following a walk in Washington
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The life-changing side effects of statins you really need to know about
Millions of people in the UK who take cholesterol-busting drug statins may be unaware of these side effects that could leave them with long-term health issues
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Smug dealer posed topless with cash made from selling week’s worth of narcotics
Mustafa Mahmoodveven filmed himself boasting about earning £1,000 a day selling drugs. One video even showed him brazenly dealing over his back wall in Sheffield
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POLL: Will the laughing gas ban will stop people using it
Laughing gas is one of the most commonly used drugs by 16 to 24-year-olds today, but it will be banned next month - with serious repeat offenders facing up to two years in jail. But do you think making it illegal will really stop people using it?
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Met Police officers accused of racism in stop and search of Olympic sprinter
Five police officers have been accused of being racist after stopping and searching Ricardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams in July 2020 on suspicion of having drugs and weapons
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Life in village swamped in drugs and poverty as residents brand it a 'disgrace'
Residents of Cornholme, near Todmorden, say the area has serous issues with poverty and drug problems and described the picturesque location as "scenic and bleak"
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Gobsmacked fisherman reels in £1million cocaine haul 'after following sea gulls'
Ron Rapp was baffled by seagulls diving in the water off the coast of the Isle of Wight and later discovered the birds were sitting on £1 million worth of drugs
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Cartel hitmen don creepy Halloween masks and announce 'purge' in chilling video
Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) - considered to be Mexico's most dangerous drug trafficking organisation - wear creepy Halloween masks in a disturbing clip
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Brit, 41, drowns after being swept out to sea by strong currents on beach
A surfer spotted the 41-year-old Brit being dragged further out to sea and tried to go to his aid, and also tried to revive him on the Sao Pedro de Moel beach near Lisbon in Portugal, but he couldn't be saved
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MDMA warning as tablets circulating in UK found with three times the normal dose
A warning has been made over red ecstasy pills embossed with "M5 Competition" that have been found circulating in Manchester and have up to three times the normal dosage
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Man jailed after he was caught by Andrew Harper - 6 months before he was killed
Drug dealer Rakesh Singh, 27, has been slapped with a five-year jail sentence after he was busted by policeman Andrew Harper - who died horrifically in the line of duty in 2019
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Shamed BA pilot went for Wizz Air job days before cocaine scandal came to light
Married British Airways pilot Mike Beaton was sacked after it came out he had an outrageous night of drink and drug-fuelled debauchery
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Parents sent sick cartel vid of 6 teens led to deaths by gangster in skull mask
Chilling video footage of a cartel member leading a group of teenagers to their deaths was sent to their parents, who have shared the footage in a bid to counter claims from the government there was no kidnapping
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Moment drug suspect in his slippers leaps across roof in bid to escape police
Dramatic video was taken as the 19-year-old suspect desperately tried to flee justice in affluent Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire, where neighbours became suspicious of drug activity
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Disgusted British Airways pilot speaks out after colleague's cocaine shame
A British Airways captain has shared his opinion on sacked colleague, former first officer Mike Beaton, who allegedly snorted cocaine off a topless woman before a flight
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Suella Braverman hits out as UK's first 'safe' drug consumption room approved
The Home Secretary said setting up the £2.3million facility in Glasgow - allowing users to inject illegal drugs under medical supervision - is the "wrong move"
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Millions wrongly labelled with penicillin allergy - raising infection fears
Around 90% of penicillin allergies could be wrongly prescribed, with new research showing many are 'low risk' when it comes to taking the drug, and could take the drug 'safely'