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“Just so if ever that happens again, I’m like ‘here’s the proof that I wrote it’”: Ed Sheeran reveals that post-copyright cases, he now films every recording session

Plus he responds to TikTokker said his music was like “heroin”

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Animal tranquilizers found in illegal opioids may suppress the lifesaving medication naloxone − and cause more overdose deaths

The animal tranquilizers xylazine and medetomidine are in approximately one-third of the illegal opioids available in the U.S., including fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone. Animal tranquilizers enhance the user’s euphoric high from opioids, particularly in those who have developed a tolerance to the opioid. But adding the tranquilizers to these already…

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Police recover £180,000 of heroin in car as woman charged

A woman has been charged after police recovered heroin worth an estimated £180,000 in a car near Lockerbie ...

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Heroin found in cocaine and ‘ice’, and snorting a line can be lethal

Authorities in New South Wales and Victoria have been warning the public about worrying cases of heroin overdoses after people thought they had taken cocaine or methamphetamine.

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Schedule 1 roadmap includes adding a 'classic fishing minigame,' plus parkour and heroin

All the makings of a great weekend.

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Punjab Police arrests smuggler with 15 kg heroin linked to Pakistan, US based syndicate

The arrested accused has been identified as Harshpreet Singh, a resident of Roranwala in Amritsar, said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Punjab: Police seizes 4.5 kg heroine in Amritsar; Arrests seven drug smugglers

Gaurav Yadav DGP on Thursday said that Police teams intercepted the accused, busting links to an international drug syndicate. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Eddie Vedder releases anguished version of Neil Young classic The Needle And The Damage Done

The Pearl Jam singer's version of Neil Young's song about heroin addiction comes from an upcoming Bridge School benefit compilation

Louder

Punjab: Four drug peddlers held in Amritsar; Four kg heroin seized

A case has been registered under the NDPS Act with State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Amritsar. Read further on Dynamite News:

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North London’s gang wars go global: Drug feud blood now spilling over into Spain, Moldova and beyond

Police warn sophisticated criminal groups with international networks are behind a wave of violence on London’s streets, writes Will Holt

Evening Standard

Royal Navy warship seizes £5.4m of class A drugs in Arabian Sea

The crew of HMS Lancaster – which works out of Bahrain – recovered 340kg of heroin and 83kg of methamphetamine.

Evening Standard

Royal Navy chases down drug smugglers and finds huge haul of heroin and methamphetamine

HMS Lancaster launched its Wildcat helicopter after spotting suspicious activity from two boats side-by-side

The Independent UK

‘Stuck in a nightmare’: A Kashmiri woman’s battle with heroin addiction

Afiya* is among thousands of young people in the region, where an epidemic of drug abuse is consuming lives.

Al Jazeera

Money laundering plays a key role in every part of the illegal drugs industry – here’s how it works

The global illicit drugs trade is estimated to be worth at least half a trillion US dollars each year. Drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin generate large revenues all along their supply chains, from where the products (and precursor materials) are grown or made – principally Colombia and Bolivia,…

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17 taken to hospital after using dangerous 'heroin' in Camden

Met Police and council issue warning over dangerous synthetic opioid circulating in Camden

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Call the Midwife season 14 episode 7 recap: a double death devastates Sister Catherine

Call the Midwife season 14 episode 7 sees two deaths rock Poplar, while things get serious between Rosalind and Cyril.

Dynamite News

Batala police busts extortion racket run by USA-based Gurdev Jassal, 2 held

Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav announced on Sunday that Batala Police had busted a major extortion racket operated by USA-based Gurdev Jassal and arrested two individuals, according to an official statement from the Punjab Police. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Mizoram: Assam Rifles recover heroin worth Rs 40 lakhs from Lunglei; 2 held

Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with representatives of the Excise and Narcotics Department, recovered the heroin in the general area of Lunglei town. Based on specific intelligence input, the joint team intercepted a scooter and recovered the drugs. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Independent UK

Malaysian man caught with 51 grams of heroin gets last-minute reprieve from execution

Pannir Selvam Pranthaman granted stay of execution day before he was set to be hanged

The Independent UK

Why are Singapore’s drug laws so strict?

Singapore’s government urged to call off execution of Malaysian man caught smuggling 51g of heroin

The Independent UK

Singapore set to execute Malaysian national caught with 51g of heroine amid frantic appeals by family

Pranthaman was convicted of importing 51.84g of diamorphine into Singapore in 2014

Latin Times

Pittsburgh Men Stabbed Each Other Because One Wanted Heroin, The Other Didn't Want to Clean a Litter Box: Police

Two men who stabbed one another in Pittsburgh couldn't agree on why they attacked each other.

The Conversation

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says antidepressants are harder to quit than heroin – is he right?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sworn in as the US health and human services secretary, despite saying a few things that raised eyebrows during his confirmation hearing. One of those things was the claim that some people have a harder time coming off antidepressants than they do coming off…

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Police busts smuggling racket; Seizes 30 Kg heroin, nabs a smuggler in Amritsar

Amritsar Rural Police has busted a cross-border smuggling racket by arresting a drug smuggler. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ex-bikie boss's 'speedball' overdose not murder

A former bikie boss accidentally overdosed on a heroin cocktail, a court has accepted, despite family members saying he detested the drug.

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