Drug deaths hit record high as one popular substance 'particularly worrying'

The Office for National Statistics recorded 5,655 drug-related deaths in 2024 - and such deaths have now increased every year ...

Government warns contaminated drugs 'can destroy your bladder and end your life'

Hard-hitting video campaign highlights dangers of contaminated vapes, ketamine and synthetic opioids bought online ...
The Tico Times

The Synthetic Drug Fueling Zombie-Like Scenes in Cuba

In a Havana park, in broad daylight, a young man walks erratically, shuffling his feet with a vacant stare, like a zombie. It’s the effect of “el químico,” the synthetic drug that has set off alarms ...
The Manhattan Mercury

Grieving Singapore father on mission to save teens from drug vapes

Since losing his only daughter in a fall from their high-rise flat in Singapore, Delfard Tay has turned grief into purpose, sounding the alarm on drug-laced vapes that put teenagers' ...