The Latest Breaking News from Heroin

'His lips were turning blue': New book details Sir Mick Jagger's near-death experience

Sir Mick Jagger almost died after taking heroin in the 1970s, a new book has claimed.

BANG Premier · Apr 26

Operation Gangsta's Paradise in Southern California Leads To Arrest of More Than 40 Mexican Mafia Members

During the April 23 raids, authorities seized four kilograms of fentanyl, 54.4 kilograms of methamphetamine, 0.9 kilogram of heroin, three kilograms of cocaine, 25 firearms and more than $30,000 in cash.

Latin Times · Apr 24

Woman told police ‘rumour’ Noah Donohoe was injected with heroin, inquest hears

The inquest at Belfast Coroner’s Court into Noah’s death, which is being heard with a jury, is in its 12th week.

The Independent UK · Apr 22

Fake pistol deal allegedly triggered doorstep murder

A heroin dealer shotgunned through his screen door was allegedly murdered after ripping off thousands of dollars in a fake firearms deal, a jury has heard.

AAP · Apr 1

Grandpa guilty, not gullible over heroin import plot

A grandfather's claims he was duped after being offered $10 million to import a heroin-lined camp bed from Laos have been roundly rejected by a jury.

AAP · Apr 1

Weight loss jabs’ medicine-cosmetics blurring ‘raises black market drugs risk’

Profit margins from black market sales of medicines can rival cocaine and heroin, MPs were told.

Evening Standard · Mar 25

Meta and YouTube just took a crushing legal blow over tech addiction. At this rehab for addicted teens and adults, it's treated like heroin

A landmark verdict is forcing a legal reckoning over whether tech addiction is real and harmful—even as clients at reSTART describe it as a force that has derailed their lives.

Fortune · Mar 24

$10m lured gullible grandpa into heroin plot, jury told

Offered $10 million to bring a camp bed "gift" from Laos to Australia, a grandfather stopped at the airport says he did not know he was carrying illicit drugs.

AAP · Mar 23

"I started shooting up heroin when I was 13. I didn't want to be left out of all the fun." How a damaged teenage drug dealer channelled black days into platinum records

"I knew how to fail, but I didn’t know how to win"

Louder · Mar 20

As Australia’s tobacco wars continue, a NSW heroin drought in 2000 might offer lessons

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced she plans to introduce “Australia’s toughest illicit tobacco laws”, which marks another escalation in the state’s battle against the illicit tobacco trade.

The Conversation · Mar 16