All news on the topic: Drugs

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Mexican cartel kills eight people who tried to quit jobs at scam call centre
Relatives of the young call centre workers reported them missing after they failed to return from work in an office near the western city of Guadalajara - which was being run as a scam
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'I made a horrifying discovery about my teenager when I checked his old phone'
A court heard the teenage boy was living in fear of Carl Ashall and Neil Swift, who recruited him to deal drugs, because he felt Ashall, in particular, was "dangerous"
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Moment drug-taking teen drives huge tractor into wrong lane and crushes car
Tyler Sowerby, 19, can be seen veering into the opposite lane before driving over a car, crushing the vehicle in the process. Remarkably the car driver survived with no serious injuries
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'My son would still be alive if it wasn't for hellhole hotel, it must close now'
A heartbroken mother is demanding an inquiry into an explosion in overdoses of deaths at the notorious Queens Park Hotel in Glasgow, where three people died of suspected overdoses in the past month
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Man 'tired of lying' confesses to killing landlord 15 years ago in recording
Tony Peralta confessed he killed his landlord William Blodgett in New Mexico while he was high on meth in December 2008, telling officers he was tired of lying and trying to cover the murder up
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Teens found living in squalor 200 miles from home after being lured by gang
Enriko Kadima and Michael Dos Santos led a drugs gang which groomed missing children - including the two teenagers who were found at abandoned address in Hull, Humberside
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Grandad's heroin-smuggling gang partied in Las Vegas while claiming benefits
Stanley Feerick was jailed this week after his drug-trafficking gang visited Las Vegas, while claiming benefits and transporting drugs across the country
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Man 'constantly tripping over bodies' crowdfunds to escape neighbourhood
Darren Stallcup, 26, has decided to leave San Francisco, US, and is seeking to raise $6,000 to relocate after lamenting how his neighbourhood has completely changed
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Bags containing human remains discovered in Mexico in search for missing people
Investigators are currently scouring through forty-five bags of human remains to identify the body parts and provide answers to some of the families of the 15,000 people currently missing in Jalisco, Mexico
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'We live in UK city where crazed zombies hooked on Black Mamba are taking over'
Several people in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, are said to be hooked on a drug known as Black Mamba which turns users into out of control zombies and
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Scary texts shows gang bragging about importing £1m of drugs into seaside town
This gang of drug dealers brought £1 million of cocaine and cannabis into the country and then boasted about the act in chilling text messages, which were read in court
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Conor McGregor hits back at UFC rival's cocaine accusation with “heroin” jibe
UFC welterweight Matt Brown took aim at McGregor in a recent interview, much to the Irishman's annoyance; inducing a series of aggressive tweets
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Davina McCall fears taking contraceptive pill led to her heroin addiction
The much-loved TV presenter is at the forefront of a women’s health revolution, and has shared her fears about the contraceptive pill after doing extensive research on it for her new documentary
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Sister of UK's first flesh-eating zombie drug victim issues stark warning
Karl Warburton has become the first person to die of xylazine in the UK - and his sister Diane has spoken about her fears that the killer drug could cause even more deaths around the UK
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Gold teeth, sex toys - and dead lizard - have all been found in old upholstery
Upholsterers have shared their weirdest discoveries, including $1,000 in cash - and a wasp nest that took up the entire back of a sofa
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Pupils in hospital and another 'foamed at the mouth' after smoking cannabis vape
The device, laced with THC oil, the psychoactive chemical in cannabis, was allegedly brought in by a Year 11 student in an attempt to "chill" ahead of a GCSE exam at Unity College in Burnley
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First Brit to die of flesh-eating 'zombie drug' named as dad-of-two
Karl Warburton, 43, died last May from xylazine, which is used by vets as a tranquilliser for large animals such as horses and cows - the drug has never been approved for human use as it can cause flesh-rotting sores on takers’ skin
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'I used to own a restaurant, now I'm a homeless addict - could happen to anyone'
Dad-of-four Jamie is a shadow of his former self and ten years after running his thriving business the drugs addict pounds the streets in search of his next heroin fix
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Brit man dies after taking 'zombie drug' in grim new UK first
A British man has become the first confirmed to have died after taking powerful drug Xylazine, dubbed the zombie drug, in the UK after dozens across the United States
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Woman, 19, caught with cocaine in her luggage in Bali will not be executed
Friends and family of Manuela Vitoria de Araujo Farias feared she would face the death penalty in Bali but prosecutors have asked the court to jail her for 12 years
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'My son died from heroin and I'm still paying his drug debts ten years on'
John Kinehane, from Tallaght in Dublin, was found dead in the toilet of a pub in Dublin in 2013 and his mother is still paying off his drugs debts a decade on from the tragedy
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Air hostess, 23, could be executed after being caught with drugs in Saudi Arabia
Ilaria De Rosa, from the small Italian town of Resana in the Province of Treviso, was reportedly arrested on May 6 for drug posession, as her parents explained her phone was suddenly out of operation.
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Life in street with yobs, drug dealing, 2am rows, fires and vomiting neighbours
Neighbours of King Street in Stoke say they have suffered through five years of anti-social behaviour, including people vomiting from the second floor of a home, fires and drug deals
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Man found dead in flat after 'foul smell' had texted his dad to say he was dying
Brett Sivyer was found dead at his flat in Maidenhead, Berkshire, after neighbours reported a foul smell coming from the property. An inquest found he suffered from a 'form of fatalism'
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Gang boss' ex avoids jail by 'skin of her teeth' for driving kids to drug deals
Georgia Burns, 22, was told she had avoided jail time by the "skin of her teeth" for her role in a drugs gang which exploited teenagers in the Greater Manchester and Hull areas