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Chilling Google Maps image appears to show creepy Halloween drug cartel members

The photo appears to show Mexican cartel members wearing creepy Halloween masks

A man in a scream mask and another dressed to look like a werewolf were spotted at Moctezuma in Sonora, Mexico, with some online speculating that they are cartel members The photo appears to show Mexican cartel members wearing creepy Halloween masks ( Image: Google Maps) A group of apparent cartel members wearing creepy masks … Read more

Government commission: Synthetic drug trafficking a ‘national security’ emergency

Government commission: Synthetic drug trafficking a ‘national security’ emergency

“In terms of loss of life and damage to the economy, illicit synthetic opioids have the effect of a slow-motion weapon of mass destruction in pill form,” the report said. “US and Mexican efforts can disrupt the flow of synthetic opioids across US borders, but real progress can come only by pairing illicit synthetic opioid … Read more

Illegal drug seizures by police rise by 21 per cent during pandemic

Illegal drug seizures by police rise by 21 per cent during pandemic

The number of drug seizures made by police in England and Wales rose by 21 per cent during the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. Police and Border Force made a total of 223,106 drug seizures in the year to March 2021 compared with 183,646 the previous year, according to Home Office data. A report, published on … Read more

NHS England offers ‘world’s most expensive drug’ to children with rare genetic disease

NHS England offers ‘world’s most expensive drug’ to children with rare genetic disease

A life-saving treatment said to be the most expensive drug in the world is being rolled out by the NHS for babies and young children suffering from a rare and fatal genetic disease. The gene therapy treatment, known by its brand name Libmeldy, is used to treat metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), which causes severe damage to … Read more

Children struggling to access drug and alcohol addiction services in England, data suggests

Children struggling to access drug and alcohol addiction services in England, data suggests

The number of children able to access youth addiction services in England has fallen to its lowest level on record during the pandemic, new figures suggest. Analysis of data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) found that 11,013 under-18s were in treatment for drug and alcohol dependency during 2020/21, some 3,278 (23%) fewer … Read more

Berlin’s drug dealers adapt to life under coronavirus lockdown

Berlin’s drug dealers adapt to life under coronavirus lockdown

From the appropriate social distance, Dave offers joyful advice to a customer who is filling up with ketamine as the foreclosure of the German capital, Berlin, begins to bite. “When you think a little more would be good, go ahead and go make another bump!” he said, indifferent to the nearby police. “Everything that feels … Read more

The global hunt for a coronavirus drug

The global hunt for a coronavirus drug

It was Friday, March 13, when the doctors at New York’s largest health care provider decided to take over the search for a coronavirus drug. Many of their Covid-19 patients did not improve – and some worsened. Two of the hospital scientists each called their contacts in the US biotechnology companies Gilead Sciences and Regeneron … Read more