The Latest Breaking News from Heroin

Gang who flooded streets with heroin and cocaine taken down in EncroChat sting

The gang were put behind bars for a combined total of 200 years

Liverpool Echo · Jan 16, 2023

Three arrested and scrambler bikes seized after car pulled over by police

Police found a passenger to be in possession of heroin and crack cocaine

Liverpool Echo · Jan 16, 2023

Seven men arrested in Dublin raids as gardai seize €40,000 worth of 'heroin and crack cocaine'

Six houses in Tallaght were searched on Friday in a series of early-morning raids

Irish Mirror · Jan 13, 2023

Teenage drug dealer tasered by police while trying to escape from raid

Gabriel Hardwicke, then 18, was found in possession of heroin and crack cocaine wraps at a house in Cardiff which had been "cuckooed" from a mother and 11-year-old child

Wales Online · Jan 12, 2023

Mighty Ducks star Shaun Weiss relishes 'second chance at life' after drug struggles

Shaun Weiss, who starred in The Mighty Ducks and Heavyweights, looked unrecognisable during the darkest days battling with drug addiction of methamphetamine and heroin before getting sober in 2020

Daily Mirror · Jan 12, 2023

Glasgow roll out of methadone alternative for heroin users steps up

Hundreds of peope in Glasgow who are battling heroin addiction are now receiving the drug on prescription, following year of record drugs deaths.

Glasgow Live · Jan 11, 2023

Asda shopper in agony from 'curled' toes stole items to buy heroin to numb pain

'His toes are curled in, I've never seen anything quite like it'

Wales Online · Jan 11, 2023

Heroin, crystal meth smuggling operation busted

Large quantities of heroin and crystal methamphetamine ready for smuggling out of Thailand were seized in Samut Prakan and Bangkok on Monday and Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 11, 2023

How does methadone work as a heroin-replacement therapy? And what about the longer-acting buprenorphine?

Around 1% of Australian adults have tried heroin in their lifetime and 2.7% have used pharmaceutical opioids for non-medical purposes in the past 12 months.

The Conversation · Jan 11, 2023

Heroin dealer's dad flushes drugs down the toilet after seeing son get arrested

Father attempted cover-up despite Jamie Dugdale being caught red-handed and admitting his crimes

Liverpool Echo · Jan 10, 2023