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Cocaine, heroin and knives rife in prisons

Cocaine, heroin and knives rife in prisons

Cocaine and heroin have been seized hundreds of times in jails in England and Wales, official figures have revealed.

16 May 2014

Music festivals ban sales of legal highs

Music festivals ban sales of legal highs

Sales of legal highs have been banned at more than 20 UK music festivals.

7 May 2014

Cannabis: Clegg backs study calling for legalisation

Cannabis: Clegg backs study calling for legalisation

6 May 2014

Tougher edible cannabis laws approved in Colorado

Tougher edible cannabis laws approved in Colorado

24 Apr 2014

Casual cannabis use damages brain, new study finds

Casual cannabis use damages brain, new study finds

17 Apr 2014

Calls for drugs ‘safe rooms’ rejected by Scottish Govt

Calls for drugs ‘safe rooms’ rejected by Scottish Govt

4 Apr 2014
Scotland

Secret cannabis growers sent to prison for 8 years

Secret cannabis growers sent to prison for 8 years

31 Mar 2014

Skunk and heroin are not that different, says judge

Skunk and heroin are not that different, says judge

14 Mar 2014

Cannabis celebration in Glasgow, hundreds to attend

12 Mar 2014
Scotland

Decriminalising cannabis is ‘misguided’ says UN watchdog

11 Mar 2014

Top doc: NHS stretched as £10 buys enough booze to die

7 Mar 2014

MP’s ‘legal high’ shop plans ruled out by Home Office

28 Feb 2014

Give free heroin to addicts, says top police chief

27 Feb 2014

Facebook drinking craze may undo decline in alcohol deaths

21 Feb 2014