UK Cocaine

Would You Dare Eat One Of Mike Tyson's Pigeons? His Girlfriend Did. Then They Broke Up

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK

He famously chomped on Evander Holyfield’s ear during a boxing match back in 1997, so you wouldn’t expect Mike Tyson to be a fussy eater. Howe...

City Boys Can Stick It Up Their Hooters

Nick Abbot | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Comedy
Nick Abbot

When you survey the wreckage of our once prosperous nation, just remember where all your money went - up some pin striped, be-braced, supercilious, clamorous and conceited man's proboscis.

The Korean Dictator Is Behaving Rationally

Professor Ian Robertson | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK Politics
Professor Ian Robertson

North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un is behaving rationally. The 30-year-old is new leader of a gang which has taken over - nay, created - an entire country, and like any boss he wants to keep his gang in power and build its wealth and status.

Police Arrest Man After £5Million Cocaine Bust

PA | Posted 02.03.2013 | UK

Police have arrested a man after finding cocaine worth an estimated £5 million. The 23-year-old was taken into custody by officers from the Metrop...

Lucy Sherriff

EXCLUSIVE: University Asks Students To Take Part In Cocaine Study..

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 25.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education

A top university has asked its students to take part in a cocaine study - and they'll get paid to do so. The Huffington Post UK has seen the email ...

'Marijuana Recovery' - The Next Major Support Group for Recovering Alcoholics, Cocaine and Heroin Addicts?

Dr. Peter Ferentzy | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Dr. Peter Ferentzy

I have long been bothered by an inexcusable absence among the many recovery options available to people struggling with addictions: marijuana is not considered a viable substitute.

Former Soldiers Jailed For Smuggling Guns And Drugs

Posted 27.03.2013 | UK

Four former soldiers and a fifth man have been sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison for smuggling guns, ammunition and drugs into the country, a...

Coca and Snus: Sweden's Self-defeating Hypocrisy on Drugs

Damon Barrett | Posted 17.03.2013 | UK Politics
Damon Barrett

Sweden has made the defence of the entire 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs a central part of its foreign policy on drugs. This is unthinking, uncritical and blinkered.

'Decriminalise Drugs, Including Heroin And Cocaine'

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK

Cannabis and ecstasy should be sold in licensed shops, with the possession and use of all illegal drugs should be decriminalised, an inquiry by a grou...

To Look Tough on Drugs, and Please the US, the UK is Willing to Trample on Indigenous Rights

Damon Barrett | Posted 08.03.2013 | UK Politics
Damon Barrett

This is the supply-side enforcement approach to drugs that has dominated since the mid 20th Century. We now know this to be quixotic, abusive nonsense even as it remains so vigorously pursued. Today, more than 180 countries have signed up.

Rising Death in the Streets of Athens: The Human Toll of the Greek Tragedy

Fragkiska Megaloudi | Posted 08.03.2013 | UK
Fragkiska Megaloudi

There is a sense of abandon, when walking in downtown Athens today. Open drug use within a view of the nation's parliament, an alarming surge in HIV infections and a total collapse of the health system and all safety nets are signs of a society that its priorities are out of balance.

British Grandmother Could Face 15 Years In Jail For Drug-Smuggling In Bali

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.12.2012 | UK

A British woman is facing 15 years in jail in Bali for her alleged role in a cocaine smuggling ring. Prosecutors have asked for the sentence if Lin...

'I Snorted Cocaine As I Gave Birth'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.12.2012 | Home

Former EastEnders actress Daniella Westbrook has revealed she snorted a line of cocaine as she gave birth to her son. Appearing on ITV's Jeremy Ky...

Basically, Never Do Methamphetamines

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK

The drastic physical effects of methamphetamines are laid bare in this gallery of users pictured as their addictions took hold. The images feature...

Binge Drinking and a Minimum Price for Alcohol

Vincent Brogan | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Vincent Brogan

Ironically, the 'hard drugs' we warn our children about before they hit the town kill far fewer people than alcohol or nicotine, substances which pose bigger threats to their long term health.

British Academic Jailed For Drug Smuggling In 'Honeytrap Sting'

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 22.11.2012 | UK

An Oxford-educated academic has been jailed for almost five years after being caught with two kilograms of cocaine at an Argentinian airport in a hone...

Trick Or Treat Or Cocaine?

PA | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK

Updated: 16:38 19/11/12 - details of sentencing A man who mistakenly handed bags of cocaine instead of sweets to a police officer's children out tr...

Tara 'Back In Rehab'

WENN | Posted 07.11.2012 | Home

Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has reportedly checked into rehab after reverting back to her wild ways. The reality TV star was snapped looking di...

Trick Or Treat? Have Some Cocaine

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 01.11.2012 | UK

Was it a trick or a treat? Chocolate bars, pennies and oranges are the usual fare for trick-or-treaters, but youngsters in Manchester enjoying Hall...

Addiction Beat: Learning From the Red Cross

Dr. Peter Ferentzy | Posted 31.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Dr. Peter Ferentzy

For too long, people have been told that harm reduction - offering help of any kind - is in fact bad for the problem substance user. This one preachy bit of tripe is something our society can do without. Then, finally, more and more honest and practical decisions will be made.

The Current Criminal Law Is Not Going to Tackle the Real Dangers of Drugs

Brian Paddick | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Politics
Brian Paddick

For the overwhelming majority who take illegal drugs, drugs laws lack credibility and the way they are enforced is inconsistent and confusing, making them an ineffective barrier. There is tension between politics and science, which draws the drugs classification system into disrepute. Politicians do not want to "send the wrong signal" about how harmful drugs are and so resist reclassification of drugs downwards whilst scientists want to be objective about relative harm, even if it means downgrading a drug. As the drug classification system is a fundamental part of UK drugs laws, this brings the law as a whole into disrepute.

Colombian Peace Talks - The Differences Were Plain to See But the Common Desire for Peace Was Clear

James O'Keefe | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK Politics
James O'Keefe

This was a group of people in anticipation of a new era for their country. I felt simultaneously honoured to bear witness but also a little like a gatecrasher at an intimate family celebration. I wish this family well because peace is an inalienable right too.

Drug Smugglers Slip Up As Banana Plot Is Foiled

Posted 28.09.2012 | UK

Border Force officers at Heathrow have seized cocaine with a street value of £750,000 that was hidden in the skins of plantains. The banana-like f...

Cannabis Use May Increase Risk Of Testicular Cancer - But Cocaine Decrease It

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A new study has reported a link between smoking weed and an increased risk of developing testicular cancer According to a new study from the Univer...

British OAP Jailed For Running 'Sophisticated' Cocaine-Dealing Operation

PA | Posted 07.09.2012 | UK

A 76-year-old drug dealer who flew to France in his own plane to transport cocaine to sell on the streets of the UK has been jailed for 18 years. G...