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Young West Lothian prisoner attacked party guest who put 'substance' under his nose

Owen Phillips claimed he later saw the same person smoking heroin off an identical piece of tin foil in the bathroom of the house, a court heard.

Edinburgh Live

Gateshead drugs gang boss who made more than £125,000 must pay back less than £15,000 of dirty cash

Ryan O'Connor, of Gateshead, was jailed last year for his leading role in a cocaine and heroin supply network

Chronicle Live

Encrochat dealer 'Battle-Hawk' hid cocaine block in kitchen cupboard

Michael Doyle is now behind bars after admitting conspiracy to supply heroin, amphetamine and cocaine

Liverpool Echo

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Dundee drug gang member caught with illegal phone card in prison cell

George Black, 34, was part of a ‘well established’ drugs gang which flooded the city with heroin and cocaine.

Daily Record

Faces of 11 people jailed this week

An overview of the court cases heard in our region over the last week

Liverpool Echo

Man found with heroin and crack in his bum 'was selling drugs to fund mum's funeral'

Tyrone Grimes, 28, was sentenced to three years and four months in prison after being caught with 58 wraps of crack and heroin hidden in his bottom

Daily Mirror

Man found with 58 wraps of crack and heroin in his bum was selling drugs to 'fund mum's funeral'

Tyrone Grimes said he had turned to dealing after 'building up significant debts'

Manchester Evening News

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Pete Doherty on swapping crack for camembert in France: ‘It’s easier to be clean here – even for a scoundrel’

Twenty years after the Libertines’ narcotics-fuelled heyday, has the singer really put the chaos behind him?

The Guardian - UK

ACT government to decriminalise possession of small amounts of drugs including cocaine and heroin

Under new laws, anyone found with amount that falls within threshold will be fined, but not charged

The Guardian - AU

The ACT Has Decriminalised Loads Of Drugs In Small Quantities It’s A Bad Day To Be A Bag

Alright other states and territories, let's get a move on.

Pedestrian.tv

Drug Destruction Day: 20.35 kg heroin, 4.8 tonnes ganja incinerated

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The Hindu

Dealer found hiding in bathroom with heroin and 'graft phone' during police raid

She had earlier sent out a phone message to 50 contacts saying "Scottie on with dynamite"

Liverpool Echo

Heroin, Cornell, Prison, and Journalism

In ‘Corrections in Ink,’ star criminal justice reporter Keri Blakinger skillfully tells the story of her own unusual life.

Texas Observer

‘It’s going to save lives’: Chicago Police Department expands eligibility for drug users to get treatment instead of jail

The drug diversion program, the largest of its kind in the country, was piloted on the West Side in 2018 and expanded citywide late last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Daily Record

Scots gang caged for 26 years after being snared in £400k drug and dirty cash sting

Richard Parvin, 38, was handed the stiffest sentence among the mob of seven, who operated at a number of locations in 2019 mainly in Dundee.

The Guardian - UK

Lou Reed’s earliest Velvet Underground demos unearthed for reissue

Recordings from May 1965 were sealed for nearly 50 years, and reveal folk-like renditions of songs including I’m Waiting for the Man and Heroin

The Times of India

2 drug trafficking rackets busted in Delhi, Rs 21 crore heroin seized

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has busted two drug trafficking networks with the recovery of 3.5 kg of heroin valued over Rs 21 crore in the international market. Three people, including a Nigerian national, were arrested during the raids conducted in Keshav Nagar and Dabri areas in two separate operations, police…

The Times of India

Punjab: Man gets 10 years in jail for possession of drugs

LUDHIANA: A local court has sentenced a drug peddler to 10 years rigorous imprisonment after 270gm intoxicant powder and 2gm heroin was recovered from him. Judge of special court, Ashok Kapoor also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convict and in default of payment of fine, he…

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Benzinga

Addiction Relapse Prevention: Nirvana Pre-Clinical Study Suggests Psilocybin Could Help Heroin Addiction

Nirvana Life Sciences Inc. (CSE: NIRV) is a Canadian-based life sciences company that develops novel therapeutic products derived from psychedelics to produce non-addictive solutions for opioid addiction treatment and ongoing pain management. Nirvana has recently joined forces with Integrative Therapy Discovery (ITD) Labs of Italy.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire pair sentenced after police stumbled on drugs worth more than £6000

Mark Love and Jennifer Armstrong, both 32, given unpaid work for being concerned in the supply of heroin and street valium.

ABC News

Taliban eradicating Afghanistan's poppy cultivation to wipe out opium and heroin production

The move comes despite farmers fearing their livelihoods will be ruined at a time of growing poverty.

The Independent UK

Afghan Taliban launch campaign to eradicate poppy crop

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the country’s massive production of opium and heroin

AAP

Malaysian drug gang arrests in Victoria

Victoria Police officers have arrested 10 Malaysian nationals over the trafficking of commercial quantities of heroin.

Liverpool Echo

Heroin supplier launched petrol bomb at bar after refusing him entry

John Kirk, 34, had been barred entry and tried to "take revenge" by throwing a "Molotov cocktail" at door staff.

Manchester Evening News

The drug dealers leading double lives - exposed by their texts

The law enforcement hack of EncroChat has shone a light on the murky criminal underworld

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