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Review: In Broadway's ‘The Collaboration,’ Andy Warhol works with Jean-Michele Basquiat and beautiful chaos ensues

NEW YORK — What would the great American artist Jean-Michele Basquiat have achieved, how famous would he now be, had he not died of a heroin overdose in 1988 at the age of 27?

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Crime 'Queenpin' jailed after boasting of luxury lifestyle on Snapchat

25-year-old Henna Ashraf ran a county lines heroin and cocaine empire on her own

Wales Online

As fentanyl use spikes, feds urge states to ease methadone rules

Ever since the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl began showing up in the illicit drug supply in 2014, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has skyrocketed — exceeding all other accidental deaths, including car crashes and gun violence.

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Dad told wife 'it's nothing to do with you girl' during drug arrest

Head of heroin and crack 'business' tried to flee over garden fence before £30,000 was found under bathroom sink

Liverpool Echo

London county lines dealers who supplied heroin in Swindon sentenced to 17 years

Police have appealed for information (PA)

Evening Standard

Heroin and crack dealer caught red-handed after members of public reported him

"The good people of Bury did not stand for this."

Manchester Evening News

'BulletHawk' EncroChat dealer caught after giving out his own address

As Paul Whitney was sentenced he said: "That's a f***ing joke that."

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'I started using heroin when I was 14' — How this strongwilled Dublin dad beat addiction

Finglas man Barry Cullen struggled with drug addiction for 20 years after first getting addicted at the age of 14

Dublin Live

Dad and mystery man 'Rock Forever' plotted importation of drugs from Holland

Man behind EncroChat handle 'AtomHawk' was arrested at airport as he prepared to board flight

Liverpool Echo

EncroChat kingpins who ran drugs lab trafficked lorry loads of heroin and speed

Terence Earle ran a criminal network running heroin, cocaine and amphetamines between Merseyside and Scotland

Liverpool Echo

Crime gang convicted over ‘industrial scale’ £1.1m Motherwell amphetamine factory

The group, who also trafficked heroin and cocaine across the border between England and Scotland, used the encrypted communication platform EncroChat to organise their criminal dealings.

Daily Record

EncroChat thug 'Stealthy' boasted of 'mint wages' from heroin and guns trade

Arron Corkovic forged links with Merseyside organised crime groups and spoke of wanting to set up a street dealing ring

Liverpool Echo

Gang trafficked children to flood streets with heroin and crack cocaine

The gang's leader did his bidding from prison

Nottingham Post

Young Dublin woman caught with €240k worth of heroin and cocaine in Tesco bag avoids jail

Kirsty Cummins was found in possession of heroin and cocaine

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Manchester Evening News

Notorious Salford criminal going by nickname 'Stealthy' caught brokering sale of guns and heroin

In one message, Arron Corkovic wrote: "I can get a taster of that nasty (heroin) to pass out to a few kids before the restrictions kick in."

Liverpool Echo

'Bullet Hawk' rants at judge as he's jailed for nearly 15 years

Crime family's leader Paul Whitney also moaned when police raided his home on his birthday

Daily Mirror

Russell Brand reflects on his incredible transformation as he marks 20 years sober

Comedian Russell Brand thanked his family and fans as he celebrated 20 years of being 'clean and sober' following his addiction to crack, heroin and alcohol

Manchester Evening News

Dealer caught red-handed - after trying to sell drugs to police

"Essentially, you are peddling misery and death.”

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Daily Mirror

Haunting photos show toll of just three years of heroin and crack cocaine use on woman

Marie Beverage broke down and wept as she was jailed for 16 months after admitting burglary, theft, fraud and failing to surrender to bail - as photos show the toll of class A drug use have taken on her

Manchester Evening News

The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week

A murderer and a hatchet-wielding thug who raided Morrisons are among those jailed this week

Daily Mirror

Paddy Pimblett's UFC opponent was "legally dead" for two minutes

Pimblett's opponent Jared Gordon was once pronounced "legally dead" for two minutes after overdoing on heroin, but managed to turn his life around for the better

Liverpool Echo

On-the-run drugs gang boss nicknamed money-loving right-hand man 'Johnny Cash'

OCG leader splashed out on holidays to Mexico and Portugal for co-conspirators and remains at large

Manchester Evening News

Police storm Manchester homes and find three gangsters inside

Three men have been jailed for a combined 30 years

Tribune News Service

6 Connecticut toddlers died from fentanyl in 2021. Spike in illicit use, drug's potency have child advocates worried

HARTFORD, Conn. — Fentanyl, 50 times more potent than heroin, kills no matter what age its victim may be.

The Independent UK

Pioneering heroin scheme ends despite proving its worth, says boss

A small number of addicts in Middlesbrough were given medical-grade heroin in a scheme to save lives and cut crime, but funding has ended.

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