Deaths from legal highs soar by 700 per cent as UK faces new drug crisis
Worrying figures revealed 97 users died after taking the lethal new drugs in 2012, compared to just 12 in 2009.
Last night experts called on the Government to give police the power to shut down “...
The UK is the only country in western Europe except Finland where liver disease has increased In the last three decades
Jackie Ballard, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, warned that “the UK is in danger of losing the battle against liver disease, which goes against the trend in much of the rest of Europe where many...
Taking the you know what!
'Congratulations, you're pregnant': What Egyptian drug test officials told male bus driver who tried to pass off his wife's urine as his own
A bus driver who tried to avoid a being caught out in a ...
Unprecedented growth in legal highs
The unprecedented growth in "legal highs" has led to 348 new types of synthetic drugs appearing in more than 90 countries in every region of the world, the UN drug agency has reported.
The UN offic...
Foetal alcohol syndrome
The number of diagnosed cases of foetal alcohol syndrome in those born to women who drink during pregnancy has tripled since records of the debilitating condition were first kept 16 years ago. In 2012...
