Holiday Hotspot Sees Big Increase in Drug Offences

Police appeal after reports of anti-social youths and drug dealing in Warrington

Police officers are appealing for information following reports of anti-social behaviour and suspected drug dealing by youths in Appleton.

10 years of the toxic drug crisis: Six things we have learned

A public health emergency was declared 10 years ago this month as B.C. was hit by an unrelenting wave of toxic drug poisonings and overdose deaths. Health authorities, police, housing agencies, governments, Indigenous and social welfare organizations and many others have struggled to stem the tide, and the death rate is slowly — much too slowly — beginning to ease.

66 opioid calls in 1 day. This is how bad the overdose crisis is, Winnipeg first responders say

Front-line workers say Winnipeg is in the midst of a drug epidemic, driven by a surge in opioid overdoses that is killing users and overwhelming first responders who are dispatched to dozens of calls daily.

Police on five Stoke-on-Trent streets in drugs crackdown

Three neighbourhoods were targeted

Class A drug dealers caught red-handed walk free from court

Two class A drug dealers from Newport caught red-handed have walked free from court

Holiday hotspot sees big increase in drug offences

DRUG offences on the North Yorkshire coast have risen by more than 30 per cent in the past year.