UK: Judge tells drug dealer: 'Sorry, but you will have to go to jail'
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(UK) You will have to go to jail' Judge tells drug dealer: 'Sorry. You will have to go to jail' A JUDGE has apologised to a heroin dealer who was caught with nearly B#18000 worth of drugs for having to send him to prison. (Tue Oct 07 11:45:32 2008 PDT)
Insite Prevents Two to 12 Deaths a Year, Study Concludes
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(US) Researchers say that Vancouver's Insite supervised-injection facility saves two to 12 lives each year by preventing fatal overdoses, the Insite, a harm-reduction program for injection-drug users based in Vancouver, B.C., with the death rate from overdoses occurring in other locations across Canada, the Unite... (Tue Oct 07 11:35:12 2008 PDT)
UK: Staffordshire nurse dodged random drugs test
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(UK) A PSYCHIATRIC nurse who dodged a random drugs test and was then cautioned by police for possession of heroin may yet be struck off at a disciplinary hearing this week. (Tue Oct 07 11:11:29 2008 PDT)
[also thisisstaffordshire10923]
Chemists under siege The problem we face: pages 4 and 5
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(Australia) In which mostly morphine was stolen. (Tue Oct 07 10:35:24 2008 PDT)
Getting his life back
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(Australia) The Cartwright resident said he started experimenting with drugs at 13 years of age by smoking marijuana with the older brother of a friend. Mr Kelly said he tried a variety of drugs before smoking heroin at 16. Geoff Kelly has much to look forward to after being stuck on the ``journey'' of drug addiction. ... (Tue Oct 07 10:35:24 2008 PDT)
UK: The Independent - Print Article
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(Netherlands) Flash stumbled on what he declared was a new treatment. As controversial as it was. When a survey of fellow sufferers who self-medicated with hallucinogens was published in the mainstream journal Neurology. (Tue Oct 07 10:33:10 2008 PDT)
[also independent9613]
UK: Dealer hid coke in lover's bra - Hartlepool Mail
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(UK) His heroin addict lover Sarah Ali was found with cocaine stashed in her underwear. (Tue Oct 07 10:24:10 2008 PDT)