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Sophie Richardson had come into some money in the days before death the detective investigating her death revealed. She was found dead having taken heroin

Cocaine remains Britain's top drug seized more than any other apart from cannabis, the Home Office says, but heroin and ketamine were the main drug seen by some UK police forces

Professor Chris Pudney, from the University of Bath, says that benzodiazepines - a class of drugs used for the treatment of anxiety in medical settings - are being sold on the black market and used by opioid addicts, creating a deadly drug cocktail that can easily kill

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The Met Police had been accused of failing in their duty of care after Mikias Tekeste, 30, was found unwell in his cell after ingesting an unknown substance while in a police vehicle in Croydon

Drug outreach workers in Tower Hamlets, London, say they've seen a disturbing rise in users with flesh-eating abscesses sparking belief there is a new opioid on the rise disguised as heroin

Laced pills flooding the illicit drug market increasingly claim lives, with the horse tranquillizer Xylazine causing a shocking spike. Users could get gangrene and even amputation of limbs

Hull Crown Court heard graduate Danielle Stafford was an "enthusiastic" cannabis and cocaine dealer as a drugs stash with the street value of £33,600 was found in her Cottingham home

The law does not fully legalise the substances but means Canadians over the age of 18 in British Columbia who possess up to 2.5g for personal use will not be arrested or charged

Teacher Frank Thompson, 57, is thought to have been under the influence of fentanyl, which he had stashed in the cupboard of his classroom at the school he worked at in New Jersey, when he was found unresponsive