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"He was selling guitars to raise ready cash to buy dope": The real story of the show that brought Eric Clapton back from the brink

By mid-1971 Eric Clapton was a recluse with a heroin habit, until friends including Pete Townshend and George Harrison intervened to save his life

Louder

Drug dealers flooded picturesque Welsh town with crack cocaine and heroin

Devonn Weston and Blake Sharpe, both 23, ran a Class A drug supply line in Llandrindod Wells

Wales Online

Teenage drug dealer tasered by police while trying to escape from raid

Gabriel Hardwicke, then 18, was found in possession of heroin and crack cocaine wraps at a house in Cardiff which had been "cuckooed" from a mother and 11-year-old child

Wales Online

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Mighty Ducks star Shaun Weiss relishes 'second chance at life' after drug struggles

Shaun Weiss, who starred in The Mighty Ducks and Heavyweights, looked unrecognisable during the darkest days battling with drug addiction of methamphetamine and heroin before getting sober in 2020

Daily Mirror

Glasgow roll out of methadone alternative for heroin users steps up

Hundreds of peope in Glasgow who are battling heroin addiction are now receiving the drug on prescription, following year of record drugs deaths.

Glasgow Live

Asda shopper in agony from 'curled' toes stole items to buy heroin to numb pain

'His toes are curled in, I've never seen anything quite like it'

Wales Online

Heroin, crystal meth smuggling operation busted

Large quantities of heroin and crystal methamphetamine ready for smuggling out of Thailand were seized in Samut Prakan and Bangkok on Monday and Tuesday.

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How does methadone work as a heroin-replacement therapy? And what about the longer-acting buprenorphine?

Around 1% of Australian adults have tried heroin in their lifetime and 2.7% have used pharmaceutical opioids for non-medical purposes in the past 12 months.

The Conversation

Heroin dealer's dad flushes drugs down the toilet after seeing son get arrested

Father attempted cover-up despite Jamie Dugdale being caught red-handed and admitting his crimes

Liverpool Echo

Drug dealer found with heroin and cocaine in his pants when searched by police

Augustus Simmons, 25, and Kenneth Obih, 47, were stopped in Cardiff by police after witnessing a drug deal with another man

Wales Online

Kevin Hart says fame is a bigger drug than cocaine or heroin: ‘People get shellshocked’

‘Nobody prepares you for the world of fame. There is no handbook,’ comedian said

The Independent UK

Assam Police, CRPF seize heroin worth Rs 16 crore from Karbi Anglong district; 2 held

Acting on a specific input, the Assam Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) set up a joint Naka at Dilai Tiniali area and seized 3.5 kg of Heroin worth Rs 16 crore. Read on for Details

Dynamite News

Bryan Kohberger’s childhood friends claim he was a bully and used heroin in high school

Mr Kohberger has been extradited back to Idaho to face charges

The Independent UK

Thieving heroin addict put stolen DVD player down his tracksuit bottoms

Christopher Bickerton was arrested

Nottingham Post

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Manchester Evening News

Dog walker found man dead during camping trip

Phil Powell had received new camping gear for his birthday and was waiting for his stepson to join him on a trip when he died

Wales Online

Dealer who made £18,000 selling class A drugs ordered to pay back £680

Matthew Read was sentenced to six years imprisonment after being found in possession of class A drugs and thousands of pounds of cash in Aberdare

The Guardian - UK

Mental health patient died of heroin overdose due to NHS trust neglect, inquest finds

Desmond Maddix, 36, died after another patient smuggled drug into ward and injected him with lethal dose

Liverpool Echo

Heroin dealer spat out drugs after being spotted in 'undergrowth'

The 33-year-old was spared immediate prison as a court heard he had "taken great steps to rid himself of his addiction”

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Wales Online

Life in the Welsh community where heroin and deadly pills are destroying lives

'My heart stopped. I don't know how they brought me back. That was the first time I took MSJs. Never again'

The Independent UK

Bryan Kohberger’s classmates say Idaho murder suspect was bullied in school before personality shift

Friends of Mr Kohberger have come forward with details about his personality and troubled past marked by a heroin addiction and weight struggles

Wales Online

Police bust major dealer in neighbourhood hit hard by heroin and crack

Akeil Maskeen tried to hide wraps of Class A drugs but they were found by police

Manchester Evening News

Man arrested after crack cocaine, heroin and cash found in raid of house

The man was detained this morning

Dynamite News

Punjab: Two Held For Possessing Heroin, Arms, Ammunition In Pathankot

Punjab counter-intelligence wing arrested two people for allegedly possessing 10 kg Heroin and arms and ammunition in Pathankot. Read on for details:

The Independent UK

Dutch van driver caught smuggling 200kg of cocaine and heroin with street value of £12 million is jailed

Abraham Schrier, 61, stashed the class A drugs by hiding them in the side of a vehicle heading through the Channel tunnel

Liverpool Echo

Criminals who felt the wrath of their rivals were stabbed and tortured

9 cautionary tales of violence and threats from the underworld heard in court during 2022

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