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Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’

The revival of opium production in the Golden Triangle comes on top of a booming synthetic drug industry.

Al Jazeera

Daniel Kinahan fled to Dubai on heroin addict's passport

It was the second trip to the UAE he made in three months using a fraudulent travel document under the name of Seamus Walsh

Dublin Live

Liverpool crime gang caught delivering heroin to Wales by covert police operation

Sending five conspirators to prison, a judge described peddling heroin as an "evil trade" which destroyed communities

Wales Online

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‘Something broke’: how an overdose at her back gate turned one Melbourne woman into an activist

Judy Ryan knew she had to do something to help her ‘beautiful’ inner-city community. She also knew it needed a safe injecting centre

The Guardian - AU

Nottinghamshire drug dealer flushed £6,500 worth of heroin down toilet

But police smashed through a waste pipe

Nottingham Post

Dad smuggled heroin worth £22 million from Pakistan hidden in boxes of plastic shopping bags

He was caught after he recorded himself testing the purity of the drugs in his own kitchen as part of a 'publicity video'

Wales Online

Man who sold passport used by Daniel Kinahan says he was 'off his head' and didn't know who it was for

The picture that was with the application was not Walsh's but of Kinahan.

Irish Mirror

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On the frontline where the fight to stop drugs flooding the UK 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

Daily Mirror

As opioids mixed with animal tranquilizers arrive in Philly neighborhood, so do alarming health challenges

PHILADELPHIA — Many people living on the streets in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood — the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — are in full-blown addiction, openly snorting, smoking or injecting illicit drugs, hunched over crates or on stoops. Syringes litter sidewalks, and the stench of urine fouls the…

Tribune News Service

Drug dealer found out his mother died while awaiting sentence on new charges

Sending 24-year-old Emanuel Ollivierre to prison, a judge asked him what he had to show from his involvement with drugs

Wales Online

Bristol police spot people 'queuing for drugs' in alleyway

Police found the dealer with crack cocaine and heroin

Bristol Post

Downfall of fearsome gang boss who lived in luxury and ruled drugs network by fear

Ahmed Sabbagh-Parry arranged punishment beatings for subordinates who crossed him

Liverpool Echo

Two drug dealers jailed after crack cocaine and heroin worth £30k found in Camden raid

A £33,000 Rolex found at the property was among evidence they were ‘indulging in a lavish lifestyle’

Evening Standard

Drug dealer rushed to hospital after stashing Kinder egg of crack up his bum

Police spotted 22-year-old cycling around park selling heroin and crack cocaine

Liverpool Echo

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The science of love - Luke O'Neill says romance can be as addictive as heroin

The professor of biochemistry says lovers go on such a high that it feels like being on drugs - and it's all part of ensuring the survival of the human race

Chronicle Live

Newcastle dealer caught with drugs worth £88,000 after trying to hide in wheelie bin

Sabbi Miah was caught with large amounts of cocaine, heroin, MDMA and cannabis after trying to evade police in Whitley Bay

Irish Mirror

Two men seen 'acting suspiciously' by police in Belfast before heroin and cash bust

A large quantity of suspected heroin and cash was discovered on the men

Liverpool Echo

Vigilante killers, murderer's mum and shooting gang among 14 crooks jailed this week

These are the criminals from our region who were locked up over the past seven days

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The Guardian - UK

Hippy daze: a survey of the UK drugs scene, 1973

A drug-by-drug guide talked beginners through marijuana, heroin, barbs and speed which was prescribed for weight loss. By Emma Beddington

Manchester Evening News

A torture gang, killer drink driver and a boasting drug dealer: The people locked up in Greater Manchester this week

A controlling thug who dubbed himself a ‘wife beater’ as well as a drug gang who were caught hiding in people’s gardens have also been caged this week

Daily Mirror

'Ground Zero of drugs' where zombie addicts lie in street as heroin and crack made legal

In the province of British Columbia, anyone today and for the next three years caught with 2.5 grams or less of hard drugs such as fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine and crystal meth will no longer be arrested

Liverpool Echo

Dealer 'Masked Swan' unmasked by fingerprints on picture of him holding cannabis

Former DJ used his 'big horrible Serbian mate' to enforce £100,000 as he traded in heroin and cocaine

Dublin Live

Family trapped in living hell as home under siege from intimidating drug addicts

EXCLUSIVE: The young family are afraid to leave their home as drug addicts shoot heroin, smoke crack and go to the bathroom right on their doorstep

Reason

The Fight To Criminalize Opioid Prescribing

Over 88 percent of opioid overdose deaths now involve either heroin or fentanyl. Targeting prescriptions is not an efficient way to address mortality.

ABC News

Mental health workers allowed to keep practising despite sexual relationships, drug use with patients

An ABC investigation has uncovered hundreds of cases of misconduct by health workers, including a psychiatrist who impregnated a patient and another who injected their patient with heroin, yet the medical regulator has allowed them to practise.

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