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HISTORICAL FACTS: 53 - The Untold Story

Shock of the old: 10 scandalous vintage medicines – from asthma cigarettes to cocaine wine

Cure any ailment! Never known to fail! Early medicine adverts made grand claims but they look alarming today

The Guardian - UK

Man charged after $5m Bass Strait ferry drug find

A 26-year-old man is facing a drug trafficking charge after allegedly being caught trying to smuggle cocaine and methamphetamine on the Spirit of Tasmania.

AAP

What is Grok? X now has mischievous AI chatbot on its app and website

The bot behaves like an alien and is already joking with users about how to make cocaine

Evening Standard

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Stephen Fry, 66, says childhood sweets were ‘gateway’ to his cocaine addiction

TV presenter recalls boarding school tuckshop that sold candy cigarettes ‘so you were being prepared for cocaine and tobacco’

The Independent UK

Career criminal jailed over transportation of cocaine and cash across Europe

Paul O’Brien old used encrypted phone network Encrochat to plan the operation alongside an Irish accomplice.

The Independent UK

Feds’ seizure of jet in Gary tied to reputed leader of Mexican cocaine ring

Oswaldo Espinosa shipped thousands of pounds of cocaine from Mexico, according to an indictment this summer. The global supply of the drug is way up — and so is the quantity of coke the feds have been seizing in the Chicago area.

Chicago Sun-Times

Royal Navy warship seizes cocaine with street value of £60 million in Caribbean

The seizure comes after the Type 45 destroyer intercepted drugs with a street value of £140 million during the summer.

The Independent UK

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Pair jailed over $90 million cocaine import conspiracy

A jury has found two men guilty of planning to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into a remote town in far north Queensland.

AAP

Drug smugglers jailed for 18 years over cocaine banana plot

Four men have now been sentenced over the scheme to bring 139kg of cocaine into the UK from Ecuador.

The Independent UK

Armed Met police officer 'put public and MPs at risk' by taking cocaine

Detectives suspected PC Matthew Thomas was taking drugs when his number was found in a dealer's phone

Evening Standard

Feud which led to woman’s shooting began with cocaine theft, court told

Ashley Dale was shot with a Skorpion machine gun in her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, in the early hours of August 21 last year.

The Independent UK

Carlton recruit avoids cocaine possession conviction

Carlton AFL club recruit Elijah Hollands said he made a mistake and is "extremely remorseful" after appearing in a Gold Coast court for possessing cocaine.

AAP

Police seize £10 million worth of cocaine hidden in ship in Kent

The drugs were discovered on a ship transporting bananas

The Independent UK

Police seize £10 million worth of cocaine from ship in Kent

The drugs were discovered on a Panamanian-registered ship transporting bananas to the Netherlands.

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TikTok star who bragged of jet-setting lifestyle jailed in Peru for drug smuggling

Modou Adams, 25, was found guilty of trying to smuggle cocaine to London

AAP

Ex-cricketer in court after alleged cocaine kidnapping

Ex-Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has faced court for the first time after he was charged over his role in an alleged drug supply operation.

Zenger

Cocaine Addiction Alters Reward Perception, Hinders Learning: Study

Dopamine disruptions in the brain make it harder to learn from mistakes, impacting addiction treatment

The Conversation

Crack vaccine research we did on rats could help babies of mothers who use cocaine – and reduce addiction

The most recent statistics put the number of regular cocaine or crack cocaine users in the world at 20 million. Of these, one in four will become addicted or develop use disorders.

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Police officer from Parliament protection unit tests positive for cocaine at work

PC Matthew Thomas was a member of the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection service

Evening Standard

British model jailed in Peru for trying to smuggle cocaine to London

Modou Dodou Adams was caught trying to smuggle cocaine to London via Paris in a suitcase

Newcastle Herald

Dead diver in port: Superyacht operator admits importing $20m of cocaine

The massive importation plot was discovered when a Brazilian national was found dead.

The Independent UK

Speeding driver who was high on cocaine jailed for killing girl, 10, as she crossed road

Former taxi driver Gavin Prodger pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving

The Independent UK

Why bags of cocaine keep washing up on Britain’s south coast

Armed police patrol beach in Sussex after packages of suspected cocaine wash up on shore

Evening Standard

Drug dealer jailed for helping supply £1 million of cocaine in north London

Police found cocaine, two swords and a knuckleduster when they raided Ashley Allen's east London home

Salon

FDA calls for new meds for stimulant use

The FDA called for treatments for stimulant use disorder. Doctors say current options are limited

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