Officer in prescribe heroin call
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The deputy chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police calls for heroin to be prescribed as a way of tackling crime.
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A top policeman is to call for more civilian staff to be recruited for specialist duties usually reserved for officers.
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Mirwais Yasini, director general of Afghanistan&#39;s counter-narcotics department, tells the story of how a British general asked him for a list of Afghan commanders involved in the drug trade.
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A service is held to honour almost 4,000 police officers who have lost their lives on duty.
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Larry, a 53-year-old heroin addict, has two cardinal rules: Never shoot up alone, and shoot up only one person at a time. If one overdoses, &quot;you need someone there to bring you back,&quot; he said.
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A new suspect has been named in Daniel Smith case:  methadone.
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Mirwais Yasini, director general of  Afghanistan's counter-narcotics department, tells the story of  how a British general asked him for a list of Afghan commanders  involved in the drug trade.
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Police are waiting today to speak to a seriously ill teenage girl who apparently entered into a suicide pact with a friend who died.
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'We just took care of him' A Texas man who called 911 to request medical assistance for a diabetic seizure earned a tasering from local cops for his trouble, the Waxahachie Daily Light reports.â¦
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A man who police want to speak to after the death of a Polish student in Glasgow is taken into hospital.
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Detectives questioned a man yesterday after the death of a suspected drugs carrier.   Nicola Jayne Last, a 40-year-old mother of one, was admitted to Llandough Hospital near Cardiff on Saturday morning suffering from a suspected overdose.
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COLBERT, Okla. - A woman looking for a cocaine dealer called a number on her son's cell phone - only to discover she had phoned a police officer, authorities said.  Durant police Lt. Mike Woodruff said the 42-year-old woman called him by accident.
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Bulgarian police seized 132 pounds of heroin and arrested four people, one a former customs official, a prosecutor said. via UPI
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Federal prosecutors yesterday portrayed prominent pain doctor William E. Hurwitz as a man who used his white coat and prescription pad to traffic in narcotics, spreading the abuse of addictive
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A new suspect has been named in the Daniel Smith case:   methadone.
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A County Antrim GP is convicted of illegal possession of heroin, otherwise known as diamorphine, a court hears.
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Medics fear public safety could be compromised by the growing interest in using drugs for law enforcement.