85 m. ago Plan to include pregnant women in drug trials ‘a generational change’

The World Health Organisation will this year start to work with scientists and drug developers to gather more information about the safety of medicines in pregnancy. Rachel Schraer reports

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4 h. ago Drug dealer jailed after supplying ecstasy that killed girlfriend, 16, at party

Tragic schoolgirl Lennix Hughes, 16, died after 'bombing' the Class A drug which had been given to her by 18-year-old Jay Conway

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5 h. ago Drug dealer jailed after supplying ecstasy that killed teenage girlfriend at house party

Drug dealer Jay Conway cried as he was jailed for 15 months following the death of his 16-year-old girlfriend, Lennix Hughes.

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6 h. ago More than 600 referrals made from UK’s first drug consumption room, figures show

According to the council, 11,348 visits to The Thistle in Glasgow were made by 575 registered users in the first year.

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8 h. ago Two men charged with class A drug offences after raid at property

The suspects have been remanded into custody following the investigation

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10 h. ago Moment Polish drug smuggler who flooded Home Counties with cocaine is arrested getting off plane in London

Blazej Holub, 43, was placed in handcuffs when he got off a flight from Warsaw at London Luton Airport after police worked out his identity from EncroChat messages about a drugs shipment.

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15 h. ago US military used aircraft disguised as civilian plane in first attack on alleged drug boat: report

The Trump administration has been hounded with allegations that its ongoing strike campaign against alleged drug boats have violated the laws of war

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27 h. ago Police seize record 10 tonnes of cocaine hidden in salt shipment

Spanish police have made their largest-ever cocaine seizure on the high seas

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28 h. ago 'I was a helpless addict with no direction or will to live': DJ Fat Tony reflects on his 28

The music star, 60, real name Tony Marnach, took to Instagram and opened up about his transformation, revealing that he was 'a helpless addict with no direction or will to live'.

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34 h. ago Five severed human heads found hanging from ropes on busy tourist beach in latest grim display of drug gang violence

FIVE severed human heads have been found on a popular tourist beach in Ecuador. Police discovered the heads hanging from ropes fixed to wooden poles in the latest horror display of gang violence gripping the country. The decapitated heads were found on a beach in Puerto Lopez, in the southwest of Ecuador. Cops said the...

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55 h. ago Moment drug driver raced through town at up to 120mph pursued by the police

Ryan Moore, 20, led police on a 47-mile pursuit beginning in Salisbury after officers sighted a black Mercedes A Class which they suspected was involved in a drugs deal.

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3 d. ago Deported Czech drug dealer who boasted about sneaking back into Britain by posing on streets in £1,500 Moncler jacket is jailed for 12 months

Czech drug dealer and failed asylum seeker Patrik Durac, 27, who defiantly 'sneaked' back into Britain just months after he was deported has now been jailed for 12 months.

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4 d. ago Drug dealing former chef offered customers 'super saver' deals on cocaine

Stephen Burke's dealing was discovered after police stopped his car in Mumbles because of the manner of his driving

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4 d. ago Trump promises the US will soon start attacking drug cartels on land

In an interview with Fox, the president claimed drug cartels were “running” Mexico and hinted the country could be his next target

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4 d. ago 'Cheap party drug left me £15k in debt and needing my bladder removed'

Luis says he doen't want others to make the same mistake he did

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4 d. ago Trump announces US strikes in Mexico on drug cartels amid surging WW3 fears

President Trump has said the US will begin land strikes against drug cartels in Mexico and declared his 'own morality' is the only thing that can stop him after the capture of Venezuela's Maduro

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4 d. ago Topless drug dealer asked police 'can I put clothes on' after unexpected visit

Cameron Lloyd, 21, was caught after messages relating to the supply of class A drugs were found on the phone of an associate

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4 d. ago UK's drug watchdog issues alert over common painkillers and anxiety medication

Patients taking certain drugs have been issued a fresh reminder of the risks

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5 d. ago Schoolgirl, 11, killed after suspected drink and drug driver hits her in broad daylight crash

Police were called to reports of a collision between a car and a young girl at the junction of Garrad's Road and Tooting Bec Road in Lambeth, south London, at around 12.50pm on December 12.

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5 d. ago Another Brit ‘drug mule’ teen caught on trip from Thailand as he faces years in Qatar jail ‘after gang threatened him’

ANOTHER British teen faces years behind bars in a Qatari jail after being accused of trafficking cannabis into the Middle Eastern nation. Lino Neil was detained at Hamad International Airport in Doha after being found with a suitcase filled with cannabis while travelling home from Thailand. The 18-year-old claims he was forced to carry the...

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