Posts Tagged ‘drug deaths’

A DRUG dealer who had allegedly been stabbed 16 times was estimated to have been left in a burning Mercedes for 20 minutes, a court heard. Firefighters attended the car fire in Tranby Gardens, Wollaton, after receiving a call at 1.47am on October 4 last year. Nottingham Crown Court heard 45-year-old Shokat Chenia had been [...]

The number of under-25s admitted to hospital with mental and behavioural problems linked to illegal drug use has risen by 18% in a decade, figures showed today. In the decade from 1996, drugs-linked hospital admissions among children under 16 rose 48% from 272 to 402 and there was a 17% jump among those aged 16 [...]