Drugs and Alcohol

Major cannabis seizures at Dublin Airport involve New York tourists and passenger from Thailand Northern Ireland Travel News11:29
Camelon drug dealer forced to cough up £33,000 as proceeds of crime The Falkirk Herald09:54
New initiative to support drug and alcohol recovery in Dorset Bournemouth Daily Echo07:49
‘Cocaine mule’ caught with high tech gear and stealth boat says he was going to ‘boot-camp’ Sunday World07:36
Revenue officers seize cannabis worth over €1.5m in two separate operations Irish Mirror20:16
Drugs mule with £100,000 cannabis stopped by police on M6 near Carlisle The Carlisle News & Star13:10
2 Ohio Republicans taking on their own party to protect access to marijuana NewsNet5, Ohio22:25

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In the last half-hour

Thurso shop owner moved by ‘inspirational’ story of former heroin and crack addict who saw the light with his candle… John O'Groat Journal, Scotland12:05

'Brazen' Teesside drug dealer rented Airbnb to store £84k worth of cocaine in kitchen cupboards Teesside Live12:01

In the last hour

Former Neath pastor and youth worker jailed for dealing cocaine after losing job and ‘falling… Swansea Bay News11:49

Major Cannabis Seizures at Dublin Airport Involve New York Tourists and Passenger from Thailand Northern Ireland Travel News11:29

In the last 2 hours

A Single Disorder Upended Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Program HealthDay11:14

Professor Marta Di Forti delivers Inaugural Lecture "A Journey Through Sicily, Through Curry to Cannabis" King's College London11:03

In the last 4 hours

Moment Bella Culley 'smuggles £200k drug haul to airport' as cops share CCTV Daily Star10:26

In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency Kaiser Health News10:03

Camelon drug dealer forced to cough up £33,000 as proceeds of crime The Falkirk Herald09:54

ER docs are too quick to assume cannabis users are experiencing this rare side effect STAT09:37

Cocaine seized and arrests made during Operation Scorpion Dawlish Gazette09:34

Sunderland motorist refused to cooperate with drugs test after he was arrested in Boldon Sunderland Echo09:29

Man found with knife and cannabis near Newport sentenced Shropshire Star09:24

Police slam British teen's claim as they release CCTV after she is accused of 'smuggling £200k… LADbible09:21

Male driving tractor on Dornoch Bridge arrested after failing roadside tests for drugs and alcohol Northern Times, Scotland08:32

In the last 6 hours

Young Portadown man found with ‘significant’ amount of cannabis to be sentenced Armagh I08:21

Young Dubliner smoking cannabis did not realise neighbour was garda Sunday World07:51

New initiative to support drug and alcohol recovery in Dorset Bournemouth Daily Echo07:49

Former pastor and youth worker exposed as cocaine dealer Wales Online07:44

‘Cocaine mule’ caught with high tech gear and stealth boat says he was going to ‘boot-camp’ Sunday World07:36

‘Cocaine mule’ caught with bug detection gear and stealth boat says he was going to ‘boot-camp’ Sunday World07:34

New York mother and son arrested over €1m Dublin Airport drugs haul Sunday World07:20

West Cork chef had €18k of cocaine Echo Live07:09

In the last 8 hours

Police find videos of Crewe dealer packing up drugs on his phone Cheshire Live06:06

Adding anxiety to Pennsylvania's medical cannabis program changes patient demographics News-Medical.Net05:48

Man smoking cannabis worth €5 did not realise neighbour was garda and struggle ensued between… The Irish Independent05:34

Earlier today

California cannabis tax jumps to 19%, putting legal marijuana businesses at risk TurnTo23.com, California03:00

‘Rogue cop’ on trial for extorting marijuana from drivers Courthouse News02:25

Police are afraid to stop and search suspected cannabis users, officers say MailOnline00:04

Yesterday

Disparities Exist in Outpatient Referrals for Opioid Use Disorder HealthDay23:11 7-Jul-25

Former Celtic and Scotland footballer caught driving with cocaine in blood The Scottish Herald23:08 7-Jul-25

11th Circ. Backs 30-Year Sentence Despite Marijuana Shifts Law36022:53 7-Jul-25

Mass. Cannabis Lab Calls Shutdown Order 'Unlawful' Law36022:43 7-Jul-25

2 Ohio Republicans taking on their own party to protect access to marijuana NewsNet5, Ohio22:25 7-Jul-25

Man charged as police seize cocaine and cannabis worth £20k from Borders property Border Telegraph21:24 7-Jul-25

‘Cocaine mule’s’ boot-camp claim after being charged with conspiracy to import drugs Sunday World21:05 7-Jul-25

Teen jailed for role in Tristan Sherry murder melee further sentenced for burying gun,… The Irish Independent20:56 7-Jul-25

Cocaine kingpin set to lose £30,000 as cops go after his drugs money Belfast Telegraph20:56 7-Jul-25

Government sentencing review will recommend 'out-of-court resolutions' for thousands of… MailOnline20:51 7-Jul-25

Man detained after second seizure of cannabis at Dublin Airport within two days The Irish Times20:23 7-Jul-25

Revenue officers seize cannabis worth over €1.5m in two separate operations Irish Mirror20:16 7-Jul-25

Police release CCTV of pregnant British drug mule suspect Bella Culley, 18, 'smuggling £200,000 … MailOnline20:10 7-Jul-25

US mother and son remanded in custody over drug seizure RTE19:22 7-Jul-25

Revenue seize over €1.5m worth of cannabis from passengers arriving from New York and Thailand TheJournal.ie18:58 7-Jul-25

Amherst teen faces fireworks, narcotics charges Daily Hampshire Gazette18:47 7-Jul-25

Cannabis linked to new 'silent' disease that can kill with no warning signs MailOnline18:42 7-Jul-25

US mother and son charged over €1m cannabis seizure at Dublin Airport The Irish Times18:33 7-Jul-25

Man (32) jailed after being caught with €400k of cannabis at Dublin Airport BreakingNews.ie18:09 7-Jul-25

Addiction Risk Shows up in Children’s Brain Scans before Drug Use Starts Scientific American17:55 7-Jul-25

Leicester man caught driving to Wales with a kilo of cannabis Leicestershire Live17:53 7-Jul-25

New York mother and son arrested over €1m Dublin Airport cannabis haul The Irish Independent17:53 7-Jul-25

Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, and it Might be Infringing – Cannabis Companies Clash Over Trademarks for Storage Bags JD Supra17:51 7-Jul-25

Ed Rosenthal, ‘The Ganja Guru,’ on the Cannabis Revolution: It’s Not Finished Until Everyone Can Grow High Times17:47 7-Jul-25

Legal Marijuana’s Disastrous Legacy Manhattan Institute17:32 7-Jul-25

£300,000-worth of suspected cannabis found in Belfast house rammed by car and set alight The Irish News17:08 7-Jul-25

Survey: A Third of Californians Use Cannabis, But Many Don’t Know the Risks UC San Diego News Center17:07 7-Jul-25

Inside the European Takeover of America’s Cannabis Seed Market High Times17:06 7-Jul-25

Two men arrested in connection with cannabis grow in Ramsgate The Isle Of Thanet News16:52 7-Jul-25

Texas Woman Pleads Guilty To Delivering Dozens Of Pounds Of Meth To Undercover Federal Agents Latin Times16:48 7-Jul-25

Gary Payton: ‘I Never Smoked Weed—But Cannabis Helped Save My Mom’ High Times16:46 7-Jul-25

£300k of cannabis found in Belfast house gutted by fire after being rammed by car, court told Belfast Telegraph16:39 7-Jul-25

Watch police raid cannabis farms 'linked to human trafficking' STV16:17 7-Jul-25

PSNI Operation Seizes Drugs And Cash In L'Derry 4ni.co.uk16:05 7-Jul-25

Morecambe GPs warning after UK’s first ever ketamine clinic for children as young as 12 opens Lancaster Guardian15:43 7-Jul-25

First-Of-Its-Kind Drug Illuminates Nerve Tissue for Faster and Safer Surgery Hospimedica15:42 7-Jul-25

Chef caught with €400,000 of cannabis at airport jailed for 2 years Dublin People15:34 7-Jul-25

Chef who brought cannabis worth €400,000 in suitcase from Ibiza to Dublin jailed for two years The Irish Times15:17 7-Jul-25

US government tests new vapour-sniffing drug detector at the border New Scientist15:03 7-Jul-25

Bristol trio running £100,000 'same day' drug delivery service on social media arrested Bristol World14:46 7-Jul-25

Man, 19, in court after police find knife and cannabis in stop-and-search Birmingham Live14:38 7-Jul-25

Suspected Class A, B and C drugs seized today in Londonderry - appeal for information News Letter14:12 7-Jul-25

Penparcau drug driver banned for a year Cambrian News14:04 7-Jul-25

Drugs with estimated street value of £6,400 including cocaine seized Derry Journal13:38 7-Jul-25

Cocaine and cash seized by police in Derry The Irish News13:25 7-Jul-25

Cowboys' KaVontae Turpin arrested on misdemeanor marijuana and weapon charges NFL.com13:18 7-Jul-25

Jaguar driver to stand trial accused of cocaine offence County Times13:14 7-Jul-25

Boy arrested on suspicion of supplying cannabis in Knebworth Welwyn & Hatfield Times, Hertfordshire13:10 7-Jul-25

Drugs mule with £100,000 cannabis stopped by police on M6 near Carlisle The Carlisle News & Star13:10 7-Jul-25

Drug addict stole 33 bottles of bubbly in £4,500 shoplifting spree Isle of Wight County Press12:57 7-Jul-25

Episode 1080: Eight men jailed for roles in €157M cocaine bust on MV Matthew Sunday World11:55 7-Jul-25

Owen Jones: “I Wasn’t On Cocaine, I Was on Amphetamines” When Destroyed by Piers Morgan Guido Fawkes' Blog10:46 7-Jul-25

Gang who forced migrants to work in cannabis farms jailed Halesowen News10:40 7-Jul-25

Four men charged after 'significant amount' of cocaine and cannabis seized during drug warrants Ipswich.co.uk10:02 7-Jul-25

“A Lot Of People Smoke Weed”: KaVontae Turpin’s Marijuana Arrest Gets Downplayed By Micah… Gridiron Heroics09:33 7-Jul-25

Drug Trafficking Networks Busted in Riyadh, Hail Asharq Al-Awsat09:05 7-Jul-25

Drug-driving and road ban breach charges brought against Wigan man Wigan Today08:35 7-Jul-25

Police respond after Brit teen claims she was ‘tortured into trafficking £200k-worth of… LADbible08:34 7-Jul-25

Woman caught driving on the Hillsborough Road in Lisburn with a cocktail of drugs in her… Northern Ireland World08:32 7-Jul-25

We’ve talked long enough – it's time to change the law on cannabis The National, Scotland07:59 7-Jul-25

Llanrumney man jailed for multiple drug and driving offences Wales 24707:16 7-Jul-25

Police bust open Doncaster drugs factory after finding 160 cannabis plants Doncaster Free Press07:11 7-Jul-25

Nappy-wearing child found in the street after father took cocaine and left the house Shropshire Star06:10 7-Jul-25

‘It’s like something out of Mission Impossible’ – prisoners get high by eating drug-soaked… The Irish Independent05:35 7-Jul-25

Drug user blows 'golden opportunity' to avoid prison after being caught dealing again Hull Live05:14 7-Jul-25

Changes to voter-approved recreational marijuana still debated in Ohio Just The News02:25 7-Jul-25

Elon Musk and the third party opioid Angry Bear01:19 7-Jul-25

'Ireland needs military-grade drones to fend off bombardment of drugs by cocaine cartels' Irish Examiner01:14 7-Jul-25

Ireland's cocaine conundrum: 'We only know the ones we get — there could be stuff landing on beaches every night' Irish Examiner01:01 7-Jul-25

In the last 7 days

Top police chiefs say smell of cannabis is a 'sign of crime' that can make even them feel… MailOnline23:41 6-Jul-25

Suspended cannabis testing lab has appealed and will sue regulators, owner says Boston Herald23:03 6-Jul-25

NFL star wide receiver KaVontae Turpin arrested in Texas on weapon, marijuana charges Just The News23:00 6-Jul-25

Dallas Cowboys Player Arrested for Gun, Marijuana Charges The Tribune, California22:45 6-Jul-25

Cowboys’ KaVontae Turpin Arrested on Gun and Marijuana Charges in Texas The Dallas Express22:01 6-Jul-25

Cowboys return man KaVontae Turpin arrested on marijuana and weapon charges MailOnline21:12 6-Jul-25

‘Weapon And Marijuana Charges’: Dallas Cowboys All-Pro WR Arrested (Report) Gridiron Heroics20:27 6-Jul-25

Cowboys’ KaVontae Turpin arrested on marijuana and weapon charges ClutchPoints20:18 6-Jul-25

'Sophisticated' drug dealer who went on run dies three years into 16 year jail spell The Northern Echo20:16 6-Jul-25

Dallas Cowboys returner KaVonte Turpin arrested on gun, marijuana charges FOX 4, Dallas-Fort Worth19:29 6-Jul-25

Cowboys player arrested on drug and gun charges Larry Brown Sports18:08 6-Jul-25

Man was pursued by police in car chase while high on cocaine Ross-shire Journal, Scotland17:39 6-Jul-25

House-approved VA budget bill ends restrictions on doctors from discussing medical marijuana with veterans Stripes16:23 6-Jul-25

Stafford man found with knife and cannabis sentenced Express & Star16:08 6-Jul-25

Dealer had videos of himself packing up drugs on phone as detectives closed net Stoke-On-Trent Live15:56 6-Jul-25

Oral Frostbite Injury Highlights Dangers of Recreational Nitrous Oxide Use Medpage Today15:00 6-Jul-25

County lines drug dealer in Cheshire town jailed at Chester Crown Court Chester First14:53 6-Jul-25

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