Drugs

29th Oct

Four men were arrested and a large amount of cannabis was seized in the Strangeways area of Manchester as police attempt to tackle drug abuse...

29th Jan

'Hippy crack' continues to flood Manchester’s streets as stores and online services sell them under the guise of whipped cream chargers. The...

7th Dec

A panel set up to examine the problem of drugs says that making drugs illegal only benefits criminals. The Taking Drugs Seriously panel ...

20th Nov

#TOXICGHB is a campaign by the Northern Quota raising awareness of the dangers of the drug GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate). We want to change the...

28th Oct

Depression is complicated. And the laws around which medicines we can have access to help combat our mental health problems even more so. What if...

22nd Jan

Three teenagers are in hospital after taking dangerous pills last week. The teenagers, from Bury, took the pills which they thought were the...

11th Apr

7 April 9 April Spice, the once legal alternative to cannabis, is now plaguing the city of Manchester. Greater Manchester Police have...

19th Mar

Officers in Rochdale seized over a kilogram of Spice on Friday after executing a warrant at two properties in the Spotland area as part of a...

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