Troubled Manchester teen died after doctors gave her ‘unlicensed’ drugs, inquest hears
A Manchester schoolgirl died in her sleep, aged just 14, after doctors gave her ‘unlicensed’ prescription drugs for depression, an inquest heard.
‘Superdad’ who led secret drug-fuelled double life died after concoction of SIX narcotics, inquest hears
A rugby coach died during a massive drugs binge at a friend’s stag weekend in Stockport after leading a secret ‘weekend’ double life of narcotics and alcohol abuse, an inquest heard.
The cheek! Thieves swipe drugs off COPS as £20K-worth of police property nabbed
FOI results highlighting attempted thefts from GMP in 2013 and 2014
Judge gets box of chocs as ‘thank you’ from Moston drug duo… after they walk free
Judge Robert Atherton was approached at the bench and passed the box of sweets by Dale Anderson, 25, and 22-year-old Emma Oliver as they walked out of the dock.
Fake ‘cannabis dealers’ use drugs to target students’ bank cards, police warn
Greater Manchester Police have responded to reports in the past few months from students having their cards stolen whilst intoxicated in the city centre and Fallowfield.
Danger, danger, two pizzas! Electric Six want to take you to a gay bar (or Gorilla)
MM talks to Electric Six frontman Dick Valentine about drugs, gay anthems and Christmas in Manchester ahead of their gig at Gorilla.
Ecstasy and MDMA dealers are ‘heinous blot on our civilisation’, claims coroner in WHP drug death inquest
Dealers of party drugs were condemned as a ‘heinous blot on our civilisation’ by a coroner at an inquest today after a Warehouse Project reveller died of Ecstasy poisoning during a lad’s weekend.
Laughing gas: Is nitrous oxide a dangerous drug or harmless habit?
How safe is laughing gas, also known as nitrous oxide, NOS or even hippy crack? MM investigate by talking to health chiefs and users.
Moston pensioner, 73, denies smuggling 2.5kilos of cocaine in suitcase through Heathrow
A 73-year-old Moston man denies smuggling two and a half kilos of cocaine into the country through Heathrow Airport
Legal Eagle: If police scrap cautions, is it goodbye to slaps on the wrist?
The government is planning to scrap the use of police cautions where those who commit minor offences are given a formal warning across England and Wales. The new scheme will replace the use of simple cautions and will be tougher than the current system, giving victims more say.
The laws don’t work: 70% of Manchester believe tough stance on drugs doesn’t help
Manchester speak out against hard-line drug laws, which fail to deter use illegal substances, following new Home Office report