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Hundreds of thousands more women than men prescribed powerful anti-anxiety drugs ‘harder to come off than heroin’

Exclusive: ‘It was like living in a chemical haze and I couldn’t remember what was happening from one hour to the next. Night became day. Day became night,’ says woman

The Independent UK

Scotland's addiction help needs ‘no wrong door’ policy, charity says

ALCOHOL. Cocaine. Benzos. When it comes to Scotland’s drug problem, heroin is often the substance that comes to mind.

The National (Scotland)

Drug courier arrested, 152kg of heroin seized

A drug courier has been arrested and 152 kilogrammes of heroin seized from his car near Talat Thai market in Pathum Thani.

Bangkok Post

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Leeds drug dealer and dad-of-four tried to hide heroin up his bum

Ashley Edeson, from Armley, was spotted by eagle-eyed officers carrying out a drug deal and hid the class A's in an attempt to avoid detection

Leeds Live

Drug death town’s free heroin scheme to end

Supporters of the treatment programme in Middlesbrough say it worked by reducing crime and helped addicts live better

The Independent UK

Drug dealer found with heroin and crack after being bitten by sniffer dog

Dalton Raffell, 21, was found with more than £5,000 worth of class A drugs after he attempted to escape from police in Rhymney

Wales Online

Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan review

From heroin addiction to band breakups, the singer-songwriter opens up about his past and the agony of losing a son

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Young rugby player became heroin runner to pay off debt

Charlie John-Downs was caught with more than 60 heroin and crack deals, weighing scales, and £1,000 in cash

Wales Online

Flesh-eating drug meant for animals linked to thousands of deadly drug overdoses

The drug, known as xylazine, has been found laced into heroin, cocaine and other narcotics across the US, causing thousands of overdoses - and even amputations

Daily Mirror

Dealers found with £8,000 of drugs after customer arrested

Leonard Newman, 39, and Denzel Chakara, 21, were jailed for their part in a drugs operation which was discovered following the arrest of a customer

Wales Online

Bristol drug dealer jailed for supplying heroin and cocaine to Weston-super-Mare

"We hope this result reassures the people of Weston-super-Mare that tackling drug supply remains a priority of ours"

Bristol Post

The drugs don’t work - so why do they hold such appeal to rockstars?

Getting high and making music have gone hand in hand since pop was invented. Music industry insider Jamie Collinson explores this treacherous tradition - and discovers that - thankfully - times are a-changin’.

Evening Standard

23 kg heroin seized in Thiruvananthapuram

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The Hindu

Midlothian Library staff to be trained to use heroin antidote kits

Naloxone can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose giving victims valuable time for paramedics to reach them in an emergency and doses are already given to friends and family of known drug users at risk of an overdose

Edinburgh Live

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow shopkeeper caught with kilo of heroin gets permission to sell alcohol in store

Jabran Ali was jailed in 2013 after being caught in Shetland with over one kilo of heroin but said he has 'paid heavily' for his 'mistake'.

AFP

Afghanistan frees American in exchange for Taliban ally

Kabul (AFP) - An American navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released in exchange for a Taliban ally imprisoned in the United States for heroin smuggling, US and Afghan officials announced Monday.

AFP

Taliban say US national freed in exchange for key ally

Kabul (AFP) - An American navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released by the Taliban on Monday in exchange for an ally who spent 17 years in a US jail for heroin smuggling, Afghanistan's foreign minister said.

AFP

US and Afghanistan carry out prisoner exchange: Taliban

Kabul (AFP) - An American navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released by the Taliban on Monday in exchange for an ally who had spent 17 years in a US jail for heroin smuggling, Afghanistan's foreign minister said.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Release American Engineer Frerichs in Prisoner Swap

Afghanistan's Taliban freed on Monday American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader linked to the Taliban who the United States had held on drugs charges since 2005, the group's acting foreign minister said. Frerichs was exchanged at the airport in the capital, Kabul, with Bashir Noorzai,…

Daily Mirror

Inside Cara Delevingne’s heart-breaking childhood with heroin addict mum and vile bullies

Reports say the award-winning model's family had been considering an intervention in a bid to get the actress to accept help as they are “incredibly concerned” about her

The Hindu

Rise in smuggling activities in Mizoram due to Myanmar crisis: Officials

During the January-May period of the current year, 19.81 kg of heroin has been seized and 374 people have been arrested for allegedly possessing the contraband.

Reason

Selling Fentanyl Could Mean the Death Penalty Under New Rubio Bill

As per usual, politicians' response to negative effects of the drug war is…more drug war.

Liverpool Echo

Dealer ruined 'promising' Liverpool FC career turning to life of heroin and cocaine

Police discovered thousands of pounds of drugs after pulling over his car

The Hindu

NIA arrests three more in Mundra port heroin seizure case

The probe revealed that five consignments were imported through the same network from Nov 2020 to Sep 2021

Manchester Evening News

Two drug dealers whose lives 'spiralled' into crime jailed after heroin and cocaine raid

The pair were sentenced today at Manchester Crown Court

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