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As the ACT prepares to decriminalise most drugs, experiences from Portugal and Oregon offer contrasting lessons

Portugal and the US offer contrasting lessons in what might unfold in Canberra when it decriminalises hard drugs, and police remain split on whether the plan will work.

ABC News

Drug dealer crashed his car into a tree after driving wrong way over roundabout

Thousands of pounds of heroin and crack cocaine seized from county lines operation

Liverpool Echo

Drugs baron ran business behind bars while partner in crime lived luxury lifestyle - seven people have been jailed

Convicted drugs trafficker David Mulligan and Remi Merriman are behind bars - along with five others

Manchester Evening News

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NIA arrests two key accused in 3,000-kg Mundra heroin seizure case

One of them smuggled drugs on the Indian side, sold it to domestic traffickers and routed the proceeds to the kingpin in Afghanistan

The Hindu

Melbourne man uses painting to forge path back from addiction

At the peak of his addiction Chris Ellis was smoking ice and then topping the high with anything he could get his hands on cocaine, ecstasy, GHB or even smoking heroin.

ABC News

Drugs boss who peddled cocaine and heroin across Greater Manchester caught out by WhatsApp messages

Remi Merriman was the leader of the organised crime group who trafficked cocaine and heroin throughout the region

Manchester Evening News

From Big Brother to jail: How Marco Pierre White junior finally ended up in a prison cell

From a good start in life to heroin addiction from the age of 18

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Chinese couple arrested for mailing heroin to Australia

A Chinese couple have been arrested after 4 kilogrammes of heroin were found inside a parcel they mailed to Australia from Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Man to appear in court over heroin and cocaine charges

The 44-year-old was arrested as part of the ongoing EncroChat crackdown

Liverpool Echo

Chef Marco Pierre White's son jailed for multiple thefts and possessing drugs

Former Big Brother housemate and son of top chef Marco Pierre White has been jailed after a shoplifting spree and possessing a knife and heroin

Daily Mirror

Fentanyl seizure: experts warn potent drug could rapidly emerge as a problem in Australia

Experts say news of record haul of more than 11kg of the opioid drug, found in February, should have been announced sooner

The Guardian - AU

Woman found with 'numerous' wraps of heroin after police search

£1,000 in cash was also recovered

Liverpool Echo

Heroin importer nicknamed himself after England striker he thought he looked like

Personal trainer was part of drugs gang which saw bosses lead remarkably lavish lifestyle

Liverpool Echo

Gang led by 'Jabba the Hutt' smuggled wholesale quantities of heroin into UK

Organised crime group supplied millions of pounds of class A drugs across north west

Liverpool Echo

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The Independent UK

Poland nabs octogenarian with 5 kilos of heroin in suitcase

Officials in Poland have arrested an 81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000

Nottingham Post

Tragic final moments of bus driver who died in fatal Long Eaton crash

His Skoda Octavia brushed against an oncoming Mercedes before hitting a tree

Daily Mirror

"I’ve survived a heroin addiction and prison, it has made me a better leader"

Michael Maisey's petty theft stealing sandwiches quickly escalated - an attempted suicide behind bars at 18 saw him decide to rebuild his life

The Philadelphia Inquirer

How this lab is helping Philly learn about its contaminated drug supply

HORSHAM, Pa. — Inside the sprawling complex of NMS Labs in Horsham, scientists are mapping the contours of a crisis.

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Daily Record

Man left £60k of cocaine in Tesco carrier bag after crashing stolen motorbike

Thomas Kehoe, 29, had nine previous convictions for 15 offences including a jail term for cocaine and heroin supply.

Irish Mirror

Dopey truck driver caught smuggling drugs to Ireland caught thanks to receipt for bottle of whiskey

The shocking discovery of €3.5 million worth of heroin was made when the Wicklow man was stopped by Border Force officers at the Port of Immingham on March 25 this year - having arrived there from Rotterdam in the Netherlands

Liverpool Echo

Six warning signs that show someone is suffering from drug addiction

The Guardian - US

‘Listening to the people’: Beth Macy on the opioids crisis and her Dopesick sequel, Raising Lazarus

What’s next, the author asks, now the US has ‘a generation of users that started with heroin and fentanyl’

Wales Online

Stash of crack cocaine and heroin hidden in washing machine

Officers found the stash of Class A drugs worth more than £2,300 concealed in the detergent drawer of the appliance

Liverpool Echo

Two men arrested after being found with wraps of cocaine and heroin

One man was spotted while walking through a park

The Independent UK

Fentanyl is the most dangerous drug in America – but panic over it isn’t helping

This synthetic opioid, 100 times stronger than morphine, is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45. Kevin E G Perry investigates how misinformation and panic have exacerbated the crisis and what people can do to stay safe

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