11 h. ago Tennis legend Bjorn Borg opens up on first time he took cocaine after shedding light on drug addiction which saw him suffer two 'dangerous' overdoses after early retirement

The Swedish superstar burst onto the tennis scene in the 1970s and claimed his first Grand Slam title - the 1974 French Open- at the tender age of 18.

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28 h. ago Holly Hagan reveals heartbreaking Christmas gift from sister two months after death

Holly Hagan shared with fans a sweet message and Christmas present from her late sister Darci who tragically died following a drug overdose during a night out with friends

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4 d. ago 'Heartbroken' mum wishes Merry Christmas to Scots girl who died in suspected drug overdose

Olivia Curley, 11, died at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow after taking unwell at home in Helensburgh.

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8 d. ago ‘It’s made things worse for everyone’: Philadelphia grapples with rise of new street drug

Medetomidine has extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms – and the detox centers that help patients are struggling with how best to cope The staff at harm reduction hub Sunshine House in the middle of Kensington, a neighborhood in north-east Philadelphia home to the most notorious open drug scene in the US, often reverse at least one overdose per day.But the mutating illegal drug supply is regularly conjuring new drugs with novel sets of potentially deadly risks. For the past 18 months, there has been a new drug in circulation, the veterinary sedative medetomidine, also known as “rhino tranq”. It has perhaps the most extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms of all known street drugs. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘Help! I need money. It’s an emergency’: your child’s voicemail that could be a scam

Steps to help combat fraud in which criminals use AI-generated replica of a person’s voice to deceive victimsThe voicemail from your son is alarming. He has just been in a car accident and is highly stressed. He needs money urgently, although it is not clear why, and he gives you some bank details for a transfer.You consider yourself wise to other scams, and have ignored texts claiming to be from him and asking for cash. But you can hear his voice and he is clearly in trouble. Continue reading...

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1 week ago LA Angels settle lawsuit with family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs over fatal overdose

Angels reach confidential settlement after civil trialSkaggs died in 2019 from fentanyl-laced pillsParties arrive at settlement while case with juryThe Los Angeles Angels on Friday settled a lawsuit over the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.The decision to settle was reached after a two-month civil trial in Southern California over whether the Angels should be held responsible for Skaggs’ 2019 death after he snorted a fentanyl-laced pill provided by the team’s communications director, Eric Kay. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Angels and Tyler Skaggs' family discuss settlement after trial about his fatal overdose, source says

Lawyers for the Los Angeles Angels were discussing a possible settlement Friday with the family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs following a trial over whether the team was responsible for his fatal drug overdose

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2 w. ago Doctor who helped provide ketamine to Matthew Perry avoids prison for role in Friends’ star death

Perry died in October 2023 from a drug overdose

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2 w. ago Closing arguments underway in trial over Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs' drug overdose death

Closing arguments began Monday in a civil trial over whether the Los Angeles Angels should be held responsible for the fatal drug overdose of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

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2 w. ago Heat at 30: Michael Mann’s electric crime thriller is a film of fire and sadness

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s dueling performances add an extra punch to the 1995 masterpiece which is both action-heavy and deeply tragicConsider the hype leading into Heat when it hit theatres 30 years ago today. Here was Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, two legends the movie’s trailers flexed by their rhyming last names only, both masters of their craft who, much like their characters, had been watching each other from a distance (maybe competitively, maybe with respect and admiration), sharing the screen for the very first time. The pent-up anticipation was built right into the narrative, which patiently delays the onscreen face-off between Pacino’s dogged homicide detective Vincent Hanna and De Niro’s career criminal Neil McCauley for almost 90 textured and intense minutes.Imagine the surprise then, and the comic relief, when the moment finally arrives, and these two opposing forces collide (as the trailers would say) for a warm and exceptionally civil cup of coffee. Continue rea...

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2 w. ago LA Angels president testifies he wishes he'd known about drug use before pitcher's fatal overdose

The Los Angeles Angels’ president says the fatal overdose of pitcher Tyler Skaggs was tough for the baseball club and he wished he knew sooner about drug use by the player and one of the team’s employees

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2 w. ago My 600lb Life star dead after car accident as son confirms heartbreaking news

Her son Dillon confirmed the reality star's passing in a heartbreaking update

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2 w. ago US star dead after tragic car accident as son confirms heartbreaking news

The reality star has died following months of health complications after a January car accident, her son Dillon has confirmed

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2 w. ago My 600lb Life star dies after horror car crash as son shares heartbreak

My 600lb Life star Pauline Potter has died, her son has confirmed, after repeated hospital visits following a car accident in January that they were both involved in

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2 w. ago 'Human Barbie' TikTok star could be 'dug up' amid fears she was 'strangled to death'

Bárbara Jankavski Marquez died last month following what São Paulo police believed was a drug overdose - prosecutors are now exploring whether she may have been murdered

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2 w. ago Reported drug deaths in Ayrshire cause concern as police focus on crackdown

Apparent drug overdoses and deaths cause concern amongst community.

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2 w. ago Holly Hagan opens up on ‘selfish decision’ after sister Darci’s death

Holly Hagan says her family made a “selfish decision” following the death of her younger sister Darci, who died in October following an accidental drug overdose.

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3 w. ago Holly Hagan reveals her sister Darci, 19, saved a stranger's life by donating her heart following fatal drug overdose as she admits 'we wanted her life to mean something'

Holly Hagan's sister Darci tragically died in October aged 19 following an accidental drug overdose after taking crystal MDMA in a Manchester nightclub. 

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3 w. ago Holly Hagan feels 'guilt' over teen sister's tragic death from drug overdose

Heartbroken Holly Hagan has opened up about the grief she's suffering after her 19-year-old sister Darci's devastating death from an accidental drug overdose in October

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3 w. ago Holly Hagan reveals 'guilt' over teenage sister's fatal drug overdose and the life she'll never live

Grieving Holly Hagan has admitted that the tragic death of her sister has left her with an overwhelming sense of guilt.

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