52 h. ago Drug dealer found with cocaine and cannabis began using drugs at 16

Callum Blackley, 27, was found with messages on his phone in which he discussed the supply of class A and B drugs

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1 week ago Inside murky world of British drug mules as Thai cannabis boom sparks sudden rise

A Mirror probe today reveals how a boom in Thai cannabis farms has led to a staggering number of drug mules snared by the UK authorities, with Thailand's "wild weed west" fuelling the fire

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2 w. ago Young mother who tried to smuggle £285,000 of cannabis from Thailand into UK avoids jail after saying drugs bosses threatened to kill her child

Poppie Kudiersky, 22, was arrested after customs officers at Manchester Airport stopped a companion she had been travelling with and seized two suitcases containing 28.5kg of the drug.

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3 w. ago Cloud lifts over cannabis companies' future amid push to reclassify the drug

Cannabis companies like Tilray Brands and Canopy Growth could soon face a more mellow path ahead following President Donald Trump’s move to help reclassify the drug’s status

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3 w. ago Trump’s cannabis reform would revolutionise US policy. Just don’t expect the ‘war on drugs’ to end | Kojo Koram

Rescheduling marijuana might seem an unlikely move for a Republican president – but it perfectly coheres with his ‘America First’ worldviewFor decades, the issue of cannabis reform was firmly viewed as a leftist pipe dream. To most conservatives, particularly US Republicans, legalising weed was as realistic as nuclear disarmament, or abolishing national borders.Think of the phrase “war on drugs” and the first people that probably come to mind are Republican presidents Nixon, Reagan and George HW and George W Bush. Although the clampdown reached its harshest levels during the presidency of Mr “I didn’t inhale” Bill Clinton, it always seemed as if the GOP owned the position of being “tough on drugs”. As recently as 2023, Mitch McConnell, then Senate Republican leader, reaffirmed this reputation by stating that: “Democrats are struggling with the basics. This should not be this hard. Drugs belong off our streets.”Dr Kojo Koram is professor of law and political economy at Loughborough U...

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3 w. ago Drug dealer found with £100k of cocaine ordered to pay back less than £12,000

Guy Priddle, 33, and his partner Nicole Locke, 32, were found in possession of more than £100,000 worth of cocaine after police followed them to a house.

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