5 h. ago Fury as drug addicts could get free crack pipes on the NHS under 'reckless' new plans for UK's first legal 'shooting gallery'

Free crack pipes could be handed out by the crisis-stricken NHS - under a 'reckless' plan to encourage addicts to smoke cocaine more safely

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13 h. ago Scotland's smoking ban should be relaxed to allow drug addicts to legally freebase heroin and crack indoors, MPs told

Currently the only way Class A narcotics can be consumed at a 'shooting gallery' pilot site in Glasgow which opened earlier this year is by injecting them.

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59 h. ago Major calls for government intervention into ketamine ‘epidemic’ killing off young Brits

Richard Middleton warned that more young adults are at risk of death from the ‘highly addictive and harmful’ drug unless the Home Office takes action

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3 d. ago Our 'luxury' flats have been invaded by heroin addicts who sleep in the corridors and leave syringes on the stairs... but the police won't do anything to help

David Parchot, who has had a flat in the centre of Bournemouth for the last nine years, said 'residents have had to come home to the carpet peppered with used needles and drug addicts using cocaine'.

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5 d. ago Dundee train on fire as smoke seen billowing from carriages and line closed sparking travel chaos

Travel chaos has erupted in Dundee, Scotland, after a train was spotted with smoke at Riverside Drive. Passengers have been told to expect delays due to the incident

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8 d. ago Sir Rod Stewart's son admitted to Malibu rehab for substance abuse months after marriage breakdown

The party-loving offspring of Sir Rod is currently holed away at the $80,000-a-month Cliffside Malibu rehab facility where his close friend Scott Disick once sought treatment.

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8 d. ago Sir Rod Stewart's son admitted to Malibu rehab for addiction months after marriage breakdown

The party-loving offspring of Sir Rod is currently holed away at the $80,000-a-month Cliffside Malibu rehab facility where his close friend Scott Disick once sought treatment.

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8 d. ago Sir Rod Stewart's son admitted to Malibu rehab for drug addiction months after marriage breakdown

The party-loving offspring of Sir Rod is currently holed away at the $80,000-a-month Cliffside Malibu rehab facility where his close friend Scott Disick once sought treatment.

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9 d. ago 'Snorting cocaine made my nose collapse': Warning as woman reveals harrowing images of the damage drug caused

Kelly Kozyra, 38, from Chicago , Illinois , US, was left with a gaping hole in her face after she became addicted to the party drug following a night out with her friends in 2017.

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1 week ago LIV Golf star Anthony Kim shares battle with addiction after drug use during tournaments

Anthony Kim has opened up on his battle with drug and alcohol addiction, admitting he was 'barely physically able to walk' as he marked two years of sobriety

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2 w. ago Drug user who owed debt found with burner phone used to supply heroin and crack

Khalid Ibrahim, 23, was stopped by police in Cardiff who discovered a Nokia phone on which messages linked to the supply of class A drugs were found.

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2 w. ago Pete Doherty's French cheese and booze diet that's left him in 'worse health' than heroin

The Libertines singer has enjoyed chart-topping success yet his career has often been overshadowed by personal turmoil - including drug addiction and time behind bars.

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2 w. ago I was a party girl who loved a 'wine and a line'. Then I tried the drug everyone says they'll never do and my world fell apart

After Tahlia got a job in a nightclub, she started drinking and taking cocaine. But after a bad breakup, her drug use escalated...

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2 w. ago Rock star Pete Doherty warned he could lose body parts due to long

The Libertines rocker, 45, who has previously battled drug addiction, was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and was warned by doctors that he could have his toes amputated

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