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The government will place 6 new synthetic opioids under the strictest level of control.
Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire promotes the UK’s balanced approach towards tackling drug use, with a focus on the challenge of synthetic opioids.
Fifteen additional synthetic opioids are now under the strictest controls to prevent drug related deaths and ensure anyone caught supplying them faces tough penalties.
Fifteen new synthetic opioids and 5 other drugs will be banned as Class A drugs as the government continues to act to prevent drug deaths.
Leader of a criminal gang that distributed large quantities of cocaine and cannabis across Sussex has his sentence increased after referral to Court of Appeal.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
New 10-year plan to expand and improve the drug and alcohol workforce published.
The government has announced its new national action plan on antimicrobial resistance to protect people and animals from the risk of drug-resistant infections.
Confiscated and surrendered drugs will be tested to identify toxic substances in circulation and help prevent drug-related overdoses.
HMS Trent seizes £204m of cocaine in latest drugs bust. It takes the total value of drugs seized in their Caribbean operation to more than half a billion.
HMS Lancaster seizes almost £33 million worth of drugs in the Middle East.
Twelve projects awarded a share of £5 million to reduce rates of fatal drug overdoses, as part of Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackle health challenges.
HMS Trent recently seized drugs after making two interceptions while on patrol
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