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Drugs gang leader who splashed cash on luxury beach holiday with money-laundering girlfriend ordered to pay back £25k

Living the high life: As his foot soldiers flooded the streets with heroin, their leader soaked up the sun in a villa in Thailand

Manchester Evening News

Baby boy had methadone and cocaine in his tiny body when he died at home

One-year-old Jackson Curtis Howell was found unresponsive by his mum after he fell asleep while his dad ate cornflakes

Irish Mirror

Baby boy, one, had methadone and cocaine in his tiny body when he died, inquest hears

Jackson Curtis Howell died in 2017 after being rushed to hospital when he was found "grey" and unresponsive by his mother and father, an inquest held into his death has heard

Daily Mirror

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Baby boy who died after swallowing methadone also had traces of cocaine in body

Jackson Curtis was found unresponsive after swallowing the heroin-substitute at his family home

Daily Record

A ‘Mighty Ducks’ Actor Got Addicted to Heroin and Lost Everything—Even His Teeth. The Internet Saved Him.

As a teen Shaun Weiss filmed his scenes as Goldberg the goalie at the L.A. Kings’ arena. In his 30s he slept on the ground outside.

Sports Illustrated

Explainer: Why alcohol could be more 'hazardous' than other drugs

There's no denying that alcohol and substances like crack cocaine, heroin and meth are equally responsible for the downfall of society, causing great harm to a person's physical and mental health. Some may even argue that drugs are more detrimental than alcohol given that the former has highly addictive properties.…

The Times of India

Terminator child star is unrecognisable 30 years on from starring in hit movie

Edward Furlong has battled drink and drug addiction and spent time in prison since he starred in Terminator 2, but he's turned his life around and has even got some new teeth

Daily Mirror

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Former child star Edward Furlong reveals new teeth after meth and heroin addiction

The actor says his drug problems began because he was too young when he became famous

The Independent UK

Punjab: 2 aides of gangster caught with arms, 500g heroin

MOHALI: Police arrested two gangsters and seized arms, ammunition and drugs from their possession. They were arrested by Zirakpur police near Aero City. Police seized a .32 caliber foreign-made pistol along with seven live cartridges and half kg heroin from their possession.

The Times of India

Morning Digest | Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees country; 75 kg of heroin seized near Mundra port in Gujarat, and more

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The Hindu

Heroin worth Rs 376 crore seized by ATS Gujarat after Punjab police alert

AHMEDABAD/CHANDIGARH: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday evening seized 75.3kg of high-quality heroin, valued at Rs 376.5 crore in the international market, from a container at Mundra port in Kutch district, an official said on Tuesday. The contraband, hidden inside fabric rolls to evade detection, had been sent from…

The Times of India

Police seize 75 kg heroin near Mundra port in Gujarat

Officials say Gujarat’s ports and porous sea coast are being increasingly used as transit centres to smuggle drugs

The Hindu

Edinburgh prisoners to receive training for drug that counters heroin overdose

Over 300 prisoners at HMP Edinburgh are being primed to take on special training to apply naloxone, which has been rolled out to treat those suffering a heroin overdose

Edinburgh Live

Pregnant mum-of-two hits out at those who judge her for addiction to drugs like heroin and crack

Tracey Whelan talked of the abuse she receives as a result of her addictions.

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Manchester Evening News

Drug addict forced terrified grandmother to give him £20 a day for heroin and crack

As he was handed a restraining order, Scott Armstrong blurted out: "That definitely isn't going to happen, you'll see me back in court."

Daily Mirror

Pregnant mum hooked on crack says 'I'm in agony' as she hits out at people who judge her

Tracey Whelan became addicted to heroine and crack cocaine while she working as a sex worker in Leeds, and has hit out at people who quick to judge her over her addiction

Wales Online

Pregnant former prostitute addicted to heroin and crack hits out at those who judge

Mum-of-two Tracey Whelan says she doesn't bother anyone

Leeds Live

Leeds pregnant mum hooked on crack hits out at people who judge her

Mum-of-two Tracey Whelan developed an addiction to crack and heroin when she was working as a prostitute in Chapeltown and Harehills

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The Independent UK

She was an ice skating Olympic hopeful who wound up on heroin and in jail. Now she’s taking on the prison system

Author Keri Blakinger went from star athlete to jailed heroin addict and social justice crusader. She speaks to Melissa Whitworth about her journey and what prison taught her about America’s broken system

Bristol Post

More than half-a-million pounds worth of drugs found in man's home

Christopher White admitted possessing heroin, cocaine and ketamine with intent to supply

Liverpool Echo

'Well known' drug dealer snared in roadside takedown

Nathan Bligh had large amount of crack cocaine and heroin in his car when he was stopped by police

Daily Mirror

Man who found £3,000 worth of drugs on street jailed after deciding to sell them

Shaheim Saunders discovered the haul of heroin and cocaine, along with a knife, while out and about in Birmingham - and decided to try and sell it in Loughborough

Tribune News Service

Dan Rodricks: Republican grandstanding on the border will never solve the nation’s drug crisis

Forty-eight-year-old Thamar Smith of Hagerstown, in Washington County, Maryland, pleaded guilty to federal drug charges last week, the latest in a long line of American men who have contributed to the spread of heroin and fentanyl during an epidemic of opioid abuse that represents the tragic extent of despair across…

The Guardian - UK

Original Sins by Matt Rowland Hill review – electric account of heroin addiction

The author’s artfully constructed debut is a painfully comic and thrillingly immediate memoir about the torments of drug dependency

Daily Mirror

Descent of seaside town next to millionaires' row to 'heroin capital of England'

Boscombe was labelled the 'heroin capital of England' in recent years despite being only a stone's throw away from one of the most expensive stretches of coastal real estate in the world

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