The ever-increasing consumption of so-called legal highs in jails in Scotland has driven prison chiefs to train 30 sniffer dogs to identify the problem drugs. All prisons in the country now have problems with prisoners taking new psychoactive drugs according to justice chiefs. These drugs have chemicals that result in effects that are similar to … Read more
New research confirms that hundreds of people are being convicted every year for driving while under the influence of drugs. After the new laws were introduced in 2015, convictions for drug-driving offences have increased to an average of four motorists daily, according to Department of Transport figures. Typically, these offences have a conviction rate of … Read more
Wardens are photocopying legal documents being delivered to prisoners due to the fear drugs have soaked into them. The most recent method of drug smuggling into prisons involve prisoners getting people on the outside to spray drugs on their letters. In order to crack down on this new method, prison officers are now opening mail … Read more
A Frenchman visiting America to take part in the World Beard and Moustache Championship was arrested by US authorities for being a suspected drug dealer on the dark web. As an anonymous operator, Gal Vallerius was infamously known as the lord of the “dark web” online bazaar, where drugs like fentanyl, meth, cocaine, oxycodone and … Read more
A couple of friends from university who purchased and sold fentanyl, a deadly drug, on the dark web are now in jail. Aaron Gledhill, 30 and Ross Brennan, 28 raked in hundreds of pounds in profits making and selling the deadly painkiller as well as other illicit drugs. In the past 9 months in the … Read more
At West Yorkshire school, a school where students excluded from other schools go, inspectors noticed that students were coming to school intoxicated and were rolling cigarettes while in class. Ofsted inspectors rated The Ummid Independent School as “inadequate”. The school has two locations in Bradford and another one in Halifax. In the report, they stated … Read more
A drug driver, who was tested and found to 79 times over the drug-drive limit, has received a three year driving ban after being involved in a motorway crash. In August, Lee Ainsworth from Hampshire was found guilty at Basingstoke magistrates court of driving while unfit through drink or drugs. He also pleaded guilty to … Read more
Standing in solidarity with Manchester On Monday evening, 22 people were tragically killed and dozens more injured after a bomb exploded at the Manchester Arena. Many of them were children. Manchester City Council has launched the We Love Manchester emergency fund, an appeal in partnership with the British Red Cross, to support those affected by … Read more
Medical experts have expressed concerns that new alcohol drink limits could be harmful for women. Doctors warn that the new limits – which have been set at the same level for both sexes – could lead women onto binge drinking as they may wrongly believe that the can drink as much as men can. The … Read more
An American man has been convicted of selling fake urine samples to people who needed to pass drug tests. David Neal of Middletown, Ohio had been selling the synthetic urine through his herbal tea store. The product is by drug users to get around mandatory drug testing. Neal is facing up to six years in … Read more