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Mum who lost loving son to suicide during cocaine 'comedown' sets up mental health charity

Nicola Smerdon's youngest son, Tom took his own life in 2019 after struggling with the mental impact that taking cocaine was having on his life.

Daily Record

'Cocaine Bear' gets high with $23.1M, 'Ant-Man' sinks fast

Sunday studio estimates say the gonzo R-rated horror comedy “Cocaine Bear” sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, while Marvel's “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was quickly dwarfed in its second weekend

The Independent UK

Cocaine Bear review – larky horror comedy is roaring good fun

Elizabeth Banks’s playfully anarchic creature-feature about a rampaging beast high on drugs is as daft as it is entertaining

The Guardian - UK

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Nihilistic and crazed, Cocaine Bear is zoological zeitgeist for these end times

A drug-filled beast and an ennui-prone alligator sum up 21st-century life, but at least Flaco the owl is a positive role model

The Guardian - UK

Drug dealer caught with crack cocaine and heroin hidden in his underwear

Seventeen wraps of heroin were uncovered

Nottingham Post

'My sporty, caring, happy son killed himself on a cocaine comedown and I can't let other parents face the same thing alone'

'I was really aware that if Tom had been older than 25, we wouldn’t have had support'

Wales Online

Cocaine-fuelled driver ate his own keys after arrest for ramming girlfriend's car

Gerard Laughland, 37, showed PC Parnell the inside of his mouth and said he had eaten his keys, prosecutor Danielle McDonald told Falkirk Sheriff Court.

Daily Record

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Cocaine Bear doesn't even elicit a snort

Besides one action sequence and a fake bear that out-acts its human costars, the film fails its amusing title

Salon

Accomplished footballer found with heroin and crack cocaine in his boxers

Falikou Traore, 21, was also found with a knife wrapped in paper after he was detained by police who witnessed him conducting a drug deal

Wales Online

Review: The enjoyably grisly 'Cocaine Bear' is nothing to sniff at

In September 1985, Tennessee authorities discovered the body of Andrew Carter Thornton II, a former narcotics officer turned drug smuggler who had fallen to his death from a plane. The bags full of cocaine he was transporting into the country took longer to recover. By the time the illicit cargo…

Los Angeles Times

'Charity worker' lived secret life as drug kingpin who enjoyed luxury holidays to Dubai

Faiz Rehman bought and sold more than £4m of drugs in just 11 weeks

Liverpool Echo

Cocaine Bear review: beastly high-jinx movie will leave you gasping and giggling

This is Jaws meets Gilmore Girls and Brave

Evening Standard

Colombia completely halted eradication of coca crops last month

Colombia last month entirely halted the eradication of coca, the raw material for cocaine, as the government of President Gustavo Petro calls for a new approach in the war on drugs.

Tribune News Service

‘Cocaine Bear’ review: Bear finds smuggler’s drugs. The welcome, and truthiness, wear off fast

It gives me no pleasure to hate on “Cocaine Bear.” The director Elizabeth Banks (”Pitch Perfect 2,” the “Charlie’s Angels” reboot) isn’t the chief problem, even if her mashup of dismemberment, mugging and dubious heartwarming is this month’s working definition of “tonal problems.” But with this script, the project was…

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Inverse

'Cocaine Bear' Review: A Drug-Fueled Descent Into Pure Chaos

'Cocaine Bear' is a fittingly absurd, shockingly violent horror comedy. Here's Inverse's review of the new, Elizabeth Banks-directed film.

The Guardian - UK

Cocaine Bear review – critter-on-drugs thriller struggles to live up to sensational title

Not since Snakes on a Plane has a title promised so much, but despite a great cast the plot is too tame

ABC News

Cocaine Bear, inspired by the true story of a bear on stimulants, fails to live up to its over-the-top premise

Starring Keri Russell and Ray Liotta (in his final film role), Cocaine Bear is a gory comedy-thriller inspired by a true story — but with more "murderous rampage" than "major renal failure".

Wales Online

Prison officer who smuggled class A drugs into jail handed six-year stretch behind bars

Heather McKenzie, 31, ferried cocaine and mobile phones into the prison where she worked

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Manchester Evening News

EncroChat gang with nicknames 'Shinyegg' and 'Buttermoon' snared after moving over £1 million worth of drugs

Cocaine, cannabis, weapons, more than £100,000 cash and a significant amount of crypto-currency was recovered

The Independent UK

Prison officer who smuggled drugs into jail sentenced to six years behind bars

Heather McKenzie, 31, ferried cocaine and mobile phones into HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire.

Evening Standard

Everything that should be on your radar this weekend (25th Feb)

From Slowthai’s £1 gig to the grizzliest cinema release of the year, Cocaine Bear - here’s some inspiration for your weekend...

Chronicle Live

Bid to seize fugitive cage fighter's ill-gotten gains from drug ring while he's on the run

Darren Towler was sentenced to 24 years in prison for running a cocaine operation in his absence

Daily Record

Scots prison officer who befriended knife killer jailed for smuggling drugs behind bars

Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison, in Lanarkshire, but was rumbled after jail chiefs became suspicious about the level of drugs found in cells.

Liverpool Echo

Judge warns County Lines drug dealer he should thank his barrister as he avoids jail

The court heard Christopher Lambert was "pressured" into selling heroin and crack cocaine

ABC News

Court shown timeline of cocaine divers' journey from Darwin to Newcastle

The documents allege that Bruno Borges-Martins, along with another specialist diver from Brazil, were smuggled into Darwin by James Blake Blee, who is also facing a manslaughter charge in relation to Borges-Martins's death.

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