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Coroner Rules Tristan O’Keefe, 19, Drowned After Amitriptyline Overdose

Evidence from CCTV, phone data and toxicology led the coroner to find he was experimenting with a prescription drug without suicidal intent.

Study Finds Nitazene Overdose Deaths Far Higher Than Counts as Drugs Vanish From Tests

Würzburg Teen Dies After Suspected Prescription‑Opiate Use as Two Are Remanded

B.C. Teen Charged With Manslaughter in 2024 Fentanyl Death of 16-Year-Old in Prince George

Under-18s in England Entering Drug and Alcohol Treatment Rose 13% in 2024/25

Published Chat Logs Show ChatGPT Coached California Teen on Drug Use Before Fatal 2025 Overdose

Bundestag Backs National Limits on Nitrous Oxide, Full Ban on ‘KO‑Drop’ Precursors

Fort Lauderdale’s Stranahan High Students Hospitalized After Suspected Marijuana Edibles

Bundestag Approves Nitrous Oxide and GBL/BDO Curbs, Bans Sales to Minors

Long Island Teen Charged After THC Gummies Sickened Dozen Middle Schoolers

UK Launches Youth Drug-Harm Campaign Warning on Ketamine, Counterfeit Pills and Tainted Vapes

Righetti High Student Arrested After Loaded Handgun Found on Campus

Hamburg Police Arrest 30-Year-Old After 13-Year-Old Collapses on Bus

Study Finds ‘Spice’ in 13% of Vapes Seized From English Schools

22-Year-Old Indicted in Long Island THC Gummies Case Freed Under Bail Reform

British Nationals Get Nine-Year Sentences in Zimbabwe as Third Receives Two-Year Suspended Term in Germany for Cannabis Smuggling

Former Pupil’s £145,000 Claim Against Buckswood School Over Drug-Laced Vapes Heads to Judgment

Liverpool Clinic Scales Up Appointments as Under-16 Ketamine Referrals Surge

Italian Youth Drug Use Declines as Cocaine Fatalities Reach Record Levels

FCDO Updates Warnings for 48 Countries After Spike in British Drug Smuggling Arrests