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Pink cocaine worth £21.1 million seized in Spain's largest synthetic drug bust ITV22:31
Warning to pet owners as dog 'swallows cannabis' at beauty spot Liverpool Echo19:20
Drug gang leader and crew jailed for 53 years after flooding town with heroin and crack Daily Record16:14
Drug dealer caught with 800g of cannabis South Wales Argus18:12
Cocaine kingpin and henchman brought misery and violence to streets Gloucester Live18:01
A new fentanyl vaccine looks promising – but treating drug addiction needs a more complex approach The Conversation (UK)17:31
38,635 text messages and 30,340 calls: Inside the life of the drugs gang boss who watched over… Manchester Evening News14:55

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In the last 2 hours

Blarney woman accused of selling heroin charged with further drug-related offence Irish Examiner02:09

Opium Replaces Meth As North Korea’s Drug Of Choice – Analysis Eurasia Review01:33

Earlier today

Residents of sleepy Florida community at war with drug-addled 'gangsters' running local meth… MailOnline00:46

In the last 6 hours

Scientists Gave LSD To Dogs With Autism-Like Behavior – It Altered Their Brain Activity IFLScience23:12 11-Sept-24

Pink cocaine worth £21.1 million seized in Spain's largest synthetic drug bust ITV22:31 11-Sept-24

Opium replaces meth as North Korea’s drug of choice Radio Free Asia22:21 11-Sept-24

‘SNL’ Movie ‘Saturday Night’ Is Like Cinematic Amphetamine The Daily Beast22:15 11-Sept-24

Athlete Suspended After Trying to Buy Cocaine During 2024 Olympics Macon.com21:53 11-Sept-24

B2B marketplace LeafLink adds a finance arm for cannabis sellers needing loans Internet Retailer21:42 11-Sept-24

In the last 8 hours

Black, Asian Patients Receive Lower Doses of Opioids for Hip Fractures, Study Finds American Journal of Managed Care20:56 11-Sept-24

How the Parkinson's drug Levodopa causes psychiatric complications similar to drug abuse Medical Xpress20:55 11-Sept-24

Houston Cop Who Lied To Justify a No-Knock Drug Raid Says He Is Not Responsible for the Resulting Deaths Reason20:53 11-Sept-24

Alleged drug dealing PC 'dropped cocaine bag at school' BBC20:43 11-Sept-24

Ex-superintendent jailed for drug crime is moved to open prison Irish Examiner20:30 11-Sept-24

Olympian banned for buying cocaine Channel 4 News - YouTube19:52 11-Sept-24

Yesterday

Warning to pet owners as dog 'swallows cannabis' at beauty spot Liverpool Echo19:20 11-Sept-24

Is the Hype About a New Non-Opioid Analgesic Justified? Pain News Network19:03 11-Sept-24

Bags of cannabis worth £1,078 found in coat during police search Isle of Man Today18:48 11-Sept-24

'Cuddle hormone' oxytocin may provide pain relief and help curb harmful opioid use, study… Medical Xpress18:31 11-Sept-24

Million-pound Stevenston cannabis farm trio plead guilty to producing drugs Ardrossan Herald18:27 11-Sept-24

USC signs sponsorship deal with cannabis company CBSSports.com18:20 11-Sept-24

Drugs and cash seized after week of action in East Ayrshire Cumnock Chronicle18:19 11-Sept-24

Drug dealer caught with 800g of cannabis South Wales Argus18:12 11-Sept-24

Reductions seen in benzodiazepine dispensing when states relax medical, recreational cannabis… Medical Xpress18:11 11-Sept-24

Racial differences in the use of opioids after returning home from hospitalizations for hip… Medical Xpress18:11 11-Sept-24

Cocaine kingpin and henchman brought misery and violence to streets Gloucester Live18:01 11-Sept-24

Police dog found man who fled police after 3KG of cocaine found in car on M61 Yahoo! UK & Ireland17:52 11-Sept-24

Trying to expand a cannabis business, surrounded by moratoriums The State, South Carolina17:35 11-Sept-24

Cannabis farm worth over £800,000 discovered during police search STV17:31 11-Sept-24

A new fentanyl vaccine looks promising – but treating drug addiction needs a more complex approach The Conversation (UK)17:31 11-Sept-24

Bentilee bust as £30k of cannabis and wads of cash seized Stoke-On-Trent Live17:20 11-Sept-24

Almost 20% of prisoners in Irish jails test positive for drugs, figures show Irish Examiner17:07 11-Sept-24

West Lothian police recover massive cannabis farm in property following raid Edinburgh Live16:54 11-Sept-24

Drug gang leader and crew jailed for 53 years after flooding town with heroin and crack Daily Record16:14 11-Sept-24

From Opioids to Cannabis: The Impact of Cannabis Rescheduling on Pharmacy Revenue Streams Pharmacy Times16:12 11-Sept-24

Aussie hockey star Craig receives one-year ban for Olympic drug arrest insidethegames.biz16:11 11-Sept-24

Bodycam shows Instagram model Maecee Marie Lathers' shocking behavior moments after 'killing… MailOnline16:07 11-Sept-24

Police find £800,000 worth of cannabis plants in West Lothian village The National, Scotland16:04 11-Sept-24

Uvf cocaine baron Glenn Rainey loses bid to have jail sentence reduced Belfast Telegraph16:00 11-Sept-24

West Lothian crime: Extensive cannabis cultivation worth over £800,000 recovered in West Calder Edinburgh Evening News15:57 11-Sept-24

Man jailed for being at top of major cocaine dealing operation loses legal battle to have sentence reduced The Irish News15:56 11-Sept-24

‘Fake cops’ steal 1,400 kilos of cocaine from Dutch drug boss Ridouan Taghi’s gang The Irish Independent15:55 11-Sept-24

Seven men sentenced in heroin and crack supply conspiracy The Bolton News15:23 11-Sept-24

Oxycodone use in Australia dropped 45% after policy changes to opioid prescribing, wastewater… Medical Xpress15:19 11-Sept-24

Notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar's hippos finally sentenced to death The Mirror14:58 11-Sept-24

38,635 text messages and 30,340 calls: Inside the life of the drugs gang boss who watched over… Manchester Evening News14:55 11-Sept-24

Over one million ecstasy pills seized in Ibiza Channel 4 News - YouTube14:27 11-Sept-24

Meet Plantz – a community-driven cannabis company owned by its members Leafie14:24 11-Sept-24

Large-scale brain connectivity changes following the administration of lysergic acid diethylamide, d-amphetamine, and… Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Research14:14 11-Sept-24

Three men caught fleeing £1m cannabis factory during police raid STV13:32 11-Sept-24

Drug-addled career criminal wins huge $120,000 payout after cop's vile 'sneaky slip' during a… MailOnline13:04 11-Sept-24

Ex-Crystal Palace youth star caught with £1.5m worth of crystal meth London World12:51 11-Sept-24

Cocaine gang who sold drugs across two counties jailed BBC12:49 11-Sept-24

Celebrate Black Cannabis Week With The Diasporic Alliance For Cannabis Opportunities Black Enterprise12:33 11-Sept-24

Man who punched police officer during Nottingham protest found with cannabis in prison cell Nottinghamshire Live12:28 11-Sept-24

Michael Boateng: Former Crystal Palace player admits to supplying crystal meth National World12:09 11-Sept-24

Crossbow drug dealers caged after using weapons to protect £140k cocaine haul Daily Record12:06 11-Sept-24

‘Fake cops’ steal 1,400 kilos of cocaine from Dutch kingpin Ridouan Taghi’s gang Sunday World11:38 11-Sept-24

Dealer caught with kilo block of high purity cocaine on Dundee street Dundee Courier, Scotland11:28 11-Sept-24

Kentucky AG gets green light to spend millions in opioid ‘blood money’ The Raw Story11:26 11-Sept-24

Researchers Gave LSD and Humans To Dogs — And Something Magical Happened Inverse11:22 11-Sept-24

Corby men in court this morning facing Kingswood Estate cocaine and heroin dealing charges Northamptonshire Telegraph10:44 11-Sept-24

Man arrested and drugs seized after police uproot cannabis factory in Warwick Warwickshire World10:22 11-Sept-24

Highs and lows of being a drug user British Medical Journal10:15 11-Sept-24

Heroin, cocaine and cannabis gang who bragged about takings jailed for 20 years Knutsford Guardian10:13 11-Sept-24

Jail for Dunfermline drug addict who ignored driving ban Dunfermline Press10:07 11-Sept-24

Cocaine bust hockey Olympian banned for 12 months The Irish Independent09:33 11-Sept-24

Driver caught cruising on cannabis as he navigated the streets of Larbert The Falkirk Herald09:17 11-Sept-24

Moment neighbour who turned entire house into a cannabis farm is rumbled in police raid MailOnline09:10 11-Sept-24

Former Crystal Palace man 'admits to possessing crystal meth' MailOnline09:01 11-Sept-24

Ex-Palace player caught with £1.5m haul of crystal meth Court News UK09:00 11-Sept-24

Portlaoise Court: Man used cannabis to relax Laois Nationalist08:52 11-Sept-24

Australian hockey player banned for attempted Olympics cocaine purchase Sky Sports08:47 11-Sept-24

Olympics star slapped with 12-month ban after cocaine arrest in Paris Daily and Sunday Express08:34 11-Sept-24

Phil Gould reveals new details about Josh Addo-Carr's cocaine test MailOnline08:22 11-Sept-24

Drug dealer caught with socks stuffed with heroin and crack The Bolton News07:46 11-Sept-24

Medical cannabis CTO says vendors would hang up when he called looking for a deal The Register07:36 11-Sept-24

Mum of three who stole goods worth more than €1,000 to ‘fund drug habit’ is jailed Sunday World07:33 11-Sept-24

New study explores the potential of hormone therapy for opioid recovery News-Medical.Net07:12 11-Sept-24

How Cannabis Laws and Mental Health Prescription Drugs Are Linked Medpage Today06:41 11-Sept-24

Act child passes out and is rushed to hospital after allegedly eating cannabis-laced gummies MailOnline05:17 11-Sept-24

Pensioner 'can't explain' why he keeps taking cocaine and flashing women Liverpool Echo05:08 11-Sept-24

Australian hockey star Craig banned after Olympic cocaine bust Yahoo! Sport05:05 11-Sept-24

Wigan cannabis dealing gang jailed for more than 14 years Wigan Today04:59 11-Sept-24

Man caught with baton and cannabis at Southampton Central station Daily Echo03:51 11-Sept-24

Aussie Olympics star Tom Craig learns fate after Paris cocaine bust MailOnline03:38 11-Sept-24

Australian field hockey player suspended over attempted cocaine purchase at Paris Olympics MailOnline03:33 11-Sept-24

Detail casts doubt on whether Addo-Carr drug test was actually random MailOnline02:57 11-Sept-24

In the last 7 days

Kentucky attorney general offers prevention plan to combat drug abuse scourge ABC News23:12 10-Sept-24

Man pleads guilty to possessing cocaine, gets 18 months in prison in case stemming from Cary traffic stop Daily Herald, Illinois22:17 10-Sept-24

San Jose couple arrested after discovery of $2 million worth of cocaine Mercury News22:08 10-Sept-24

Spanish police confiscate more than 1 million ecstasy pills Yahoo! UK & Ireland21:56 10-Sept-24

Swansea brother and sister made 'banging wages' selling cocaine Wales Online21:37 10-Sept-24

Corrupt police officer who stole 4kg of cocaine was caught after he accidentally dropped drug… MailOnline20:56 10-Sept-24

Teva agrees to pay Baltimore City $80m for fuelling opioid epidemic Pharmaceutical Technology20:41 10-Sept-24

Cannabis Hiring Titan Vangst Snaps Up Weed Temp Agency Greenforce Forbes20:37 10-Sept-24

Teen accused of dealing crack cocaine and heroin in Lawrence Hill Bristol Live20:32 10-Sept-24

Former TD accused of driving under influence of cocaine challenges findings of blood sample TheJournal.ie20:31 10-Sept-24

Ballot Selfie Can't Tank Cannabis Firm Election, Union Argues Law36019:17 10-Sept-24

Mansfield man tries to hide in loft as officers find more than 350 cannabis plants in property Nottinghamshire Live18:50 10-Sept-24

Coast Guard seizes 1,239 pounds of cocaine from "narco sub" CBS News18:39 10-Sept-24

Members of cocky "money talks baby" drugs gang that dealt huge amounts of cannabis and cocaine… Manchester Evening News18:33 10-Sept-24

England Lioness footballer pleads not guilty to possessing 'hippy crack' drug The Mirror18:32 10-Sept-24

Advanced Rx, Sure Med Compliance partner to reduce opioid misuse MobiHealthNews18:12 10-Sept-24

Persistent drug dealer sold cocaine, crack cocaine and cannabis The Northern Echo18:05 10-Sept-24

Ardrossan man jailed after admitting to supplying cannabis Ardrossan Herald18:02 10-Sept-24

Reading pair jailed over drugs line named "Frank" with 87 bags of cocaine seized Reading Chronicle17:58 10-Sept-24

Norfolk man admits supplying cocaine Eastern Daily Press, Norfolk17:49 10-Sept-24

Boosting cannabis production: The science behind bud abundance Phys.org17:45 10-Sept-24

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans know someone addicted to opioids, survey finds Medical Xpress17:38 10-Sept-24

Lurgan driver smoked cannabis joint the night before crash which resulted in his passenger… Northern Ireland World17:26 10-Sept-24

Ex TD accused of driving under influence of cocaine challenges blood test sample Sunday World17:26 10-Sept-24

Jail for cannabis gardener who tried to hide from police in loft of Mansfield home Mansfield and Ashfield Chad17:14 10-Sept-24

Coast Guard offloads more than $54 million in illegal narcotics interdicted in Caribbean Sea United States Coast Guard17:13 10-Sept-24

Watch the moment police discover large cannabis farm hidden in a Yorkshire barn Yorkshire Post17:08 10-Sept-24

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