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Coronation Street has an Abi Webster-shaped plot hole going on right now. During Monday's hour-long episode of the ITV soap, the former drug addict spied her old dealer Dean Turnbull skulking away from the Webster's Autocentre entrance. In reality, he'd come to scare newcomer Cassie Plummer into squaring a £70 debt with him, yet Abi assumed that he was back on the scene looking to do some business with her.

A new weight loss drug in the form of an injection has just been made available on the NHS for the first time.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor A few years ago, Alexis Scheer wrote a play and, by her own admission, figured “it was a little too crazy and weird and nobody would do it.” So she had her own theater company, Off the Grid, mount it in her hometown of Boston in 2018. Called “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord,” the story is set in Miami on the eve of the 2008 election and focuses on four high school girls holding occult rituals to communicate with spirits – specifically that of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar. As it turned out, plenty of others were interested in Scheer’s strange, comic, often magical play.

here, notes that “the main piece of legislation controlling drugs in the UK” is the Misuse of Drugs Act from 1971. The report also identifies the way commonly controlled drugs in the UK are classified and scheduled, as per the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.

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EastEnders fans are predicting yet more heartbreak for Cindy Beale and the Knight family, as a possible death twist for Gina Knight was teased in Wednesday's (30 August) episode. In a dramatic turn of events, Gina collapsed from a drug overdose while partying in Peggy's.

An arsonist who was drunk and high on cocaine when he torched a flat was caught out by his burnt and blistered fingers, a court heard.

A drug and alcohol abuse organisation said they were working to ensure help was available to those in need, as it emerged that the number of drug deaths in West Lothian had remained unchanged for the third year in a row.

Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) hasn't had an easy time of it since arriving in Weatherfield - and unfortunately, it's set to get worse as she's found overdosed by her son Tyrone on Coronation Street next week. Cassie lands in big trouble on her first day working at the garage when drug dealer Dean (Anthony Crank) arrives demanding money. Cassie promises to pay him by the end of the day.

The mother of a young Scots overdose victim made a drug deal on one of Scotland’s busiest shopping streets.

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Local calls have returned urging the decriminalisation of personal drug use after the number of drug-related deaths in Perth and Kinross increased – despite a nationwide decrease.

A coked-up driver was caught behind the wheel of his car at sixteen times the legal drug limit.

The number of deaths in Stirling linked to drugs have more than halved in the past two years, according to new figures.

star Michael K. Williams, which resulted in the actor's 2021 death, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Irvin Cartagena, 40, who also goes by the name «Green Eyes,» previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogue, according to an April news release from the U.S.

Michael K. Williams has been sentenced to prison.Cartagena was sentenced to 10 years in prison last Friday (August 18), per an official document from the United States Attorney’s Office.

“Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge.”“You definitely had some wild years?” famed survivalist Grylls, 49, asked the actor in the rugged canyons of the Wyoming Basin.“In terms of alcohol and drugs, yeah, but nothing to do with fame,” Cooper clarified. “But I was lucky. I got sober at 29 years old, and I’ve been sober for 19 years.

RBB, a total of 428 samples have been examined since drug checking began about two months ago. Any drugs that are deemed “dangerous” or contain other drugs, also known as “stretched”, are listed on the programme’s website.

died at the age of 33 in March 1982 at the infamous Chateau Marmont.“I got along with everyone,” Curtin told People in a new interview.“But I did have problems with John,” the funny woman added. “But that was because John wasn’t John.

Reading & Leeds festival have announced that they have increased security to “weed out” drug dealers operating at the site.The new measures have been introduced following the death of a teenager at the festival last year, an inquest has heard.16-year-old David Celino fell ill after taking ecstasy at the 2022 edition of the festival at Leeds, which his group of friends purchased from a dealer in the Camping Plus area of the site. He was later taken to a hospital, where he died on August 28.In an inquest into his son’s death, Celino’s father, Gianpiero, shared his concerns that the festival was not safe for under-18s, and pushed for a bar on 16 and 17-year-olds from attending the live music event.Now Melvin Benn, the managing director of Festival Republic, has told Celino’s parents of the “genuine sorrow” he felt after their son’s death.

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(sold under the brand name Zurzuvae), the first oral medication created specifically to target . Considering that the news cycle more commonly focuses on the tragic consequences of the rarest and most extreme circumstances of (as it would for many New Yorkers ), the announcement felt like a dramatic shift.

Kerry Katona has offered insight into her past in a no-holds-barred chat, opening up on everything from her exes to her early days in the limelight. The former Atomic Kitten star, 42, sat down to discuss her sexual history, fetishes, OnlyFans journey and more.

A dealer who was part of a huge 'Uno' drugs line brought on his own downfall after he was pulled over for 'driving erratically' by police.

Police investigating the deaths of two teenagers who both attended an event at a Glasgow nightclub have confirmed they are not connected but suspected to be drug related. Two 18-year-old males died after DJ Ben Hemsley headlined a rave at a SWG3, on Eastvale Place in the West End, on Saturday.

Ground-breaking cancer trials in Manchester are producing 'incredibly impressive' results, with seriously-ill people going into remission for months and years, The Christie has announced.

A man who tried to smuggle more than £80,000 of ecstasy into Scotland disguised as cat food has been jailed for four years.

Two teenagers died in suspected drug deaths after reportedly attending an event at a Glasgow nightclub. The 18-year-olds are believed to have been at a rave at SWG3, on Eastvale Place in the West End, on Saturday, where top DJ Ben Hemsley was headlining.

"Real Housewives of Orange County" star Heather Dubrow is speaking out in defense of celebrities who use Ozempic. The 54-year-old television personality slammed critics for "shaming" stars over taking the diabetes medication, which has also become a popular weight loss drug.

A dopey cocaine trafficker was rumbled by cops after sharing a picture of himself watching Spider-man with his feet up.

A murderer who stabbed a man in the neck following a row in a shop is amongst those who have been jailed this week in Greater Manchester.

Founding Duran Duran member and guitarist Andy Taylor claims a new drug treatment is working in his battle with Stage 4 prostate cancer.

revealed his stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis last November, saying he was initially diagnosed in 2015.Taylor said a scientist reached out to him with an offer of “a nuclear medicine” called Lutetium-177.The scientist told him that the medicine “is targeted, so it only sees cancer cells.”“It can’t see healthy cells,” Taylor told BBC News revealing he had his first round of the drug six weeks ago. “It kills stage four cancer in your bones.

Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has said a drug he is taking to treat his prostate cancer has extended his life by five years.Taylor, 62, opened up about living with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer during an interview back in January. He had been diagnosed with the disease around four years prior.

UPDATED, 8:10 AM: “You ever get tired of being at the bottom of the top? What’s standing in our way? asks Joseph Sikora’s Tommy Egan at the beginning of the official Season 2 trailer for Starz’s Power Book IV: Force. Tommy is clearly ready for war and on a mission to avenge the death of his former nemesis turned business partner Lilliana. Watch the new trailer above and the first teaser below.

who died of an accidental drug overdose on July 2. He was 19. Drena, the daughter of Robert De Niro, took to Instagram on Wednesday with a message about Leandro and how she would like him to be remembered.