All news on the topic: Drugs

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Top footballers allowed to use banned drugs and treatments 80 times
Therapeutic Use Exemptions allow athletes to treat health issues using medication or techniques that are normally prohibited. UK Anti-Doping has not identified the players, clubs or medication
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Gran issues warning to teens as 'little diamond' grandson found dying in bedroom
Kyle Stewart Duncan, 17, from Falkirk, has died of a suspected accidental drug overdose and has been called a "little diamond" by her gran with the family "destroyed" by his death
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Boy, 14, nicknamed 'El Chapito' arrested for drug-related killings of 8 people
The 14-year-old boy, dubbed "Little Chapo" after the drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is accused of opening fire on a family in the Mexico City suburb of Chimalhuacan
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Thousands of Spring Breakers ignore warning to avoid Mexico after kidnappings
Spring Breakers ignored US government warnings in almost every state of Mexico after it was place under a "do not travel" risk after four Americans were kidnapped whilst driving from South Carolina
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Fans' cocaine use left football ground toilets 'looking like a laundrette'
The claim was aired at a hearing of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, which is investigating safety at sporting events
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Cops seek person of interest after Nathan Millard's body found wrapped in carpet
Derrick Perkins, 42, is "needed for questioning" by police after Nathan Millard was discovered dead outside a garage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, while on a business trip
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Leaked document shows inner workings of drug cartel behind kidnap of 4 Americans
The Drug Enforcement Administration letter has revealed the 44 Gulf Cartel individuals wanted including the gang's leader who is in a Mexico City prison awaiting extradition to the US
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Inside the fire-ravaged hotel that was venue for child sex abuse and drugs
Since the fire, Clayton Lodge Hotel in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, has been plagued by antisocial behaviour and neighbours want something to be done
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Heroin addict who overdosed five times turns her life around
Cara Tatarelli was painfully thin, had sores on her face and tried to take her own life when she hit rock bottom - but now, three years on, she's enjoying life again.
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Family of dad of five found dead and wrapped in carpet release autopsy findings
Dad-of-five Nathan Millard was on a business trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, when he was reported missing. He was discovered two weeks later on March 6 at 3.34am behind a garage
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Vigilante mum kidnapped suspected drug dealer and duct taped him to chair
Linda Gowers bundled Michael Graham into a van and took him to her home where she tied him to a chair, telling police she had planned to slit his throat and set him on fire
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Man left partially paralysed and unable to speak after partying for a month
After a whole month of partying, drugs and excessive alcohol consumption, Alex Sloan, 28, was left partially paralysed for eight months and could not speak for four months
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Brit arrested at Colombian airport 'trying to fly home with £2m of cocaine'
Footage released shows the unnamed Brit watching on in a white T-shirt with a rucksack on his back as his suitcase was opened in front of him at a Colombian airport
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Marco Pierre White's troubled son converts to Islam to stay off heroin
Former reality star Marco Pierre White Junior, 28, was released from HMP Bristol last week and he’s claimed to have vowed to never touch drugs again after his famous chef dad reportedly spent more than £1million on his rehabilitation
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Dealer for 'highly-sophisticated' cocaine gang caught by cops playing Pokemon Go
Police arrested Raymond Phipps with £13,350 cash in a Morrison's carrier bag. He spent his days playing Pokemon Go as detectives watched
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Sudafed, Nurofen cold & flu and Day Nurse may be banned over brain disorder link
Medical chiefs in the UK and Europe have launched a review of medicines like Sudafed and Nurofen cold & flu over concerns of one of the ingredients which could cause two rare brain conditions
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Moment dope-smoking millionaire's grandson arrested after 'knifing her 17 times'
Pierto Addis attacked his elderly grandmother when she was naked in the bathtub and stabbed her 17 times but the teen claims he was suffering from 'transient psychosis' during the incident
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Fears of new 'zombie drug' which rots off skin and leads to amputations
Animal sedative xylazine started being used on the streets of Puerto Rico but has recently been found in major cities in the US, and causes people's skin to rot off, requiring amputations
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Gran stabbed by grandson 'after raising concerns over him smoking cannabis'
Sue Addis, 69, the owner the popular Brighton restaurants - Donatello's and Pinocchio's - was attacked by grandson Pietro, 17, as she lay in the bath at her £1million home
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Neighbours of 'crack den' left with PTSD after 'round the clock' abuse and drugs
Police bust the flat in Middlesbrough after months of complaints from neighbours over round-the-clock parties, drug dealing and sex workers plying their trade in broad daylight
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Anti-drug campaigners 'horrified' by game that 'glorifies' cannabis use
The game, called 'Ganjaland', appears to encourage players to take drugs and is being sold on retail websites such as eBay and Amazon, to the displeasure of anti-drug campaigners
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County lines drugs gang preying on inmates inside youth prison, inspectors say
Young inmates at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution in Rochester, Kent, have helped arrange for drugs to be thrown over the walls or dropped by drones. A source said this raises security concerns
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Woman's luxury life unravels as chance police encounter exposes drugs empire
Hull Crown Court heard graduate Danielle Stafford was an "enthusiastic" cannabis and cocaine dealer as a drugs stash with the street value of £33,600 was found in her Cottingham home
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On the frontline where the fight to stop drugs flooding the streets takes place
The Royal Navy crew on board the HMS Lancaster work to dismantle the global narcotics trade – busting criminals who pose as fishermen to ship heroin and meth
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Harrowing photos of woman shows devastating effect of drugs before tragic death
Helen Stobbart quickly deteriorated in the months before her death owing to her heroin addiction, crack cocaine, and methadone with her mum convinced she would still be alive with the right help