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HISTORICAL FACTS: Heroin - Caught on Camera

New drug 100 times stronger than heroin possible factor in death, coroner finds in ACT first

The 42-year-old woman died of an overdose in 2022.

The Canberra Times

Cravings ‘like heroin withdrawal’: what happens when weight-loss drugs don’t work?

GLP-1 medications have been a gamechanger in the fight against obesity. But for a minority of patients, their impact is negligible. Why?

The Guardian - UK

Oklahoma man found beneath a flyover at 92 pounds after 20 years of addiction goes from homelessness to graduating with a 4.0 GPA and two degrees

Danny Ellerd’s life once appeared to be heading towards an early death. After years of addiction and homelessness, he was found beneath an I-40 overpass in Oklahoma City weighing just 92 pounds, according to recovery organisation Hope Is Alive. Officers initially planned to book him on outstanding warrants, but his…

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Ethan Suplee Ran Into Hayden Panettiere At The Remember The Titans Premiere, Then ‘Smoked Heroin’

This is a truly bittersweet story.

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Remember the Titans star reveals he smoked heroin at film’s premiere: ‘I believed I wouldn’t wake up’

‘My Name Is Earl’ alum co-starred alongside a young Hayden Panettiere in the 2000 sports drama

The Independent UK

"I wasn't feeling much of anything by the time it was released." Failure's brilliant third album Fantastic Planet should have made them superstars. Instead, it broke their hearts and split the band

Released on August 13, 1996, Failure's Fantastic Planet is beloved by Deftones, Tool, Paramore and a new generation of music fans, but it traumatised the band to the point of meltdown

Louder

Smoking and Drinking Kept Falling Among American Adults While Heroin Use Ticked Up for the First Time in a Decade

New national panel data show low cigarette use and a continued alcohol decline alongside record cannabis and nicotine vaping.

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In 1897, a German chemist while trying to ease his father’s rheumatic pains accidently developed a drug still widely used as an over-the-counter medication around the world: How did Felix Hoffmann invented Aspirin?

In 1897, a German chemist while trying to ease his father’s rheumatic pains accidentally developed a drug still widely used as an over-the-counter medication around the world. Felix Hoffmann synthesized acetylsalicylic acid at Bayer, creating aspirin. The same chemist also synthesized heroin during the same period. The story of aspirin…

The Economic Times

How Did Brandon Clarke Die? Cause of Death Confirmed for Late NBA Star in LA

The Los Angeles medical examiner confirmed that Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died from an accidental overdose of heroin and cocaine at his home.

International Business Times UK

NIA unearths cross-border conspiracy to plant IED on passenger train, chargesheets 2

The National Investigation Agency filed a chargesheet against two individuals in a terror plot. This conspiracy involved smuggling explosives, weapons, and heroin across the India-Pakistan border. The accused allegedly planned to attack a passenger train and other locations in India. Shubham Kumar has been arrested, while Jasvir Chaudhary remains absconding…

The Economic Times

Submachine gun sale busted after police stop car carrying firearm and cocaine

The 40-year-old was also detected offering to supply 2kg of heroin.

Newcastle Herald

‘Am I 68? 69?’ Irvine Welsh on growing old, getting clean, bashing out his new novel – and flirting with guns

Three decades after he channelled his heroin addiction into the cult classic Trainspotting, the Scottish author has discovered the joys of yoga, breathwork and standing desks. But is he quite as ‘Zen’ as he claims?

The Guardian - UK

10 kg heroin, foreign-made weapons seized along Indo-Pak border in Bikaner, one held

Bikaner police seized ten kilograms of heroin and eleven foreign weapons. The valuable consignment was allegedly smuggled across the India-Pakistan border using drones. Officials recovered the drugs and arms during a special operation called 'Operation Shock Wave'. One suspect was apprehended while attempting to collect the illicit materials late Saturday…

The Economic Times

The Taliban's Trojan horse: What really happened after Afghanistan's opium ban

Wars have been fought over land, over succession, over a woman said to have launched a thousand ships toward Troy. Opium got its own war twice, in 1839 and again in 1856, but not the kind that name suggests. Britain went to war for the right to keep selling opium…

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ED searches 9 locations in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir in narco-terror funding probe, freezes Rs 49.9 lakh

Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Jammu Sub Zonal Office has conducted search operations under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 on July 23 at 09 locations in Punjab and Jammu and Kasmir Inear Line of Control (LOC) in connection with an ongoing money laundering investigation relating…

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Motley Crue and Nikki Sixx injected Jack Daniels

At the height of their addiction, Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx injected whiskey when they ran out of heroin.

Bangkok Post

Anti-drug campaign starts in childhood

Tackling drug problems on Koh Samui requires more than just arrests, says the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), with cures ranging from early-childhood prevention programmes to methadone treatment and prisoner rehabilitation.

Bangkok Post

Airport checks tightened in 'Meena' heroin probe

Authorities have widened their investigation into a transnational drug network linked to Thai Airways flight attendant Meena Kondo and tightened airport screening of airline crews.

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Bangkok Post

Police hunt for drug network kingpin abroad

Police have identified a Thai woman known as RoseRose as a suspected key figure in a cross-border drug network accused of using a Thai Airways flight attendant to smuggle heroin to Australia.

Bangkok Post

Women nabbed in heroin bust

Anti-narcotics officers have arrested two women accused of helping international heroin smuggling operations following investigations linked to separate airport drug seizures.

Bangkok Post

Key figure in flight‑crew heroin smuggling arrested

A prime suspect in a heroin trafficking network linked to the case of a Thai flight attendant detained in Australia was arrested in Phayao province on Thursday night, authorities said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Two Lao men wanted in ‘Meena’ heroin case

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has sought warrants for the arrest of two Lao men suspected of using Thais, including a flight attendant arrested recently in Australia, to smuggle heroin to third countries.

Medical Daily

Standard Fentanyl Addiction Treatment Doses Are Failing in High-Potency Markets

LA study: standard methadone and buprenorphine doses may be inadequate for high-potency fentanyl users. Families should advocate for appropriate dosing. Here's the clinical guidance.

Bangkok Post

‘All suspects identified’ in flight crew heroin smuggling case

Authorities have identified all members of the gang that used a Thai flight attendant to smuggle heroin into Australia, including suspects in Laos, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board.

Bangkok Post

Thai expat in Australia intended recipient of heroin from Thai stewardess

SURAT THANI - A Thai woman who has lived in Australia for over a decade would have been the receiver of tote bags with hidden heroin from a Thai stewardess had she not been arrested, according to the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

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