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A coked-up motorist caught behind the wheel of his car at sixteen times the legal drug limit has been banned from driving.

Oprah is speaking out about the Ozempic craze.

Sofía Vergara is in charge.

It sucks when it always has to frame Latinx and Hispanic people as drug lords—and it’s often the only kind of representation they get in film and television—but the flip side is that it’s nice to see something like “Narcos” become its own cottage industry and give roles to Latinx people (yes, that’s contradictory and complicated—crime always fascinates the public— but such is life, and sometimes it’s one step at a time or progress.

Sasha Urban editorNetflix has released the teaser trailer for “Griselda,” a limited series starring Sofia Vergara as the infamous Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco, who was widely known as the “Godmother.” From writer-producer Eric Newman and director Andrés Baiz, both “Narcos” alums, the series follows Blanco as she builds one of the most profitable drug cartels in history while simultaneously parenting her three sons. She ran a notoriously ruthless and violent cocaine trade in New York and Miami in the 1970s and ‘80s after immigrating from Colombia, before she was arrested in 1985.

Three teenage girls have been rushed to hospital following an alleged ‘drugs-related incident’ near a school in West Lothian.

A 17-year-old has been charged with a drug offence after the death of a girl at a property in Fife.

EXCLUSIVE: The Outlaws producer Big Talk Studios is developing its first TV thriller, a high-stakes series about a drug-smuggling submarine.

Silverchair‘s Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou have opened up about the battles with drug addiction and mental health that existed within their band.In 2011, the Australian rock band split up and went into what they described as an “indefinite hibernation”, having formed in 1992.Speaking in a new interview with ABC Australiain which they reflected on their career, Joannou remembered that around fourth album ‘Diorama’, former frontman, guitarist and songwriter Daniel Johns – with whom they’ve had little contact with since the band broke up – began to take creative control.“Ben probably struggled with it the most,” Joannou said. “He might have felt that his friend didn’t trust his musical judgement anymore.

Sofía Vergara undergoes a dramatic transformation in the first-look photos of the actress in Netflix’s upcoming limited series “Griselda”.

Former TOWIE star James Argent breaks down in floods of tears on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins as he is forced to confront his past on the Channel 4 show. Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins is set to return with another gripping series as stars prove they have what it takes to make the Special Forces. In a first look at the brand-new series, Arg is seen breaking down into tears for the show's trailer in in scenes which are difficult to watch.

Jack Fincham has pulled out of Love Island Games to appear on Celebrity Ex On The Beach instead, according to reports. It comes after the 32 year old reality star, who won Love Island 2018 with then-girlfriend Dani Dyer, was reportedly arrested on suspicion of drug-driving and using false plates on his car last month. It was said he was stopped by police on the A2 near his home in Swanley, Kent, and also held on suspicion of careless driving and driving without insurance.

In a recent interview with Apple Music 1, actor Jared Leto shared details of his drug usage, the events that precipitated it, and how he managed to survive. The “Suicide Squad” actor has a history of drug abuse. Leto revealed that he used drugs when he was young and has been fascinated by them ever since.

A dad who bit off part of a man's nose before issuing a “victory roar” has been jailed. Gerard Devlin, 33, attacked the Belfast man in front of his grandchild before fleeing the scene and arming himself with two knives.

Pete Davidson is opening up about his health.

Chrissie Hynde has admitted that she feels “guilty” over the deaths of her former Pretenders bandmates Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott.The frontwoman, 72, formed the rock group back in 1978 alongside Farndon (bass guitar), Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar) and Martin Chambers (drums).Honeyman-Scott died of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance in 1982. He was 25 years old.

A convicted drug dealer was pictured enjoying ringside seats for the Chris Eubank Jr boxing match after taking a Rolls-Royce to the arena.

The boss of a housing trust for vulnerable people says she is powerless to prevent 'rogue occupants' of a 10-flat ‘den of iniquity’ from making life hell for neighbouring residents.

Coronation Street has an Abi Webster-shaped plot hole going on right now. During Monday's hour-long episode of the ITV soap, the former drug addict spied her old dealer Dean Turnbull skulking away from the Webster's Autocentre entrance. In reality, he'd come to scare newcomer Cassie Plummer into squaring a £70 debt with him, yet Abi assumed that he was back on the scene looking to do some business with her.

A new weight loss drug in the form of an injection has just been made available on the NHS for the first time.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor A few years ago, Alexis Scheer wrote a play and, by her own admission, figured “it was a little too crazy and weird and nobody would do it.” So she had her own theater company, Off the Grid, mount it in her hometown of Boston in 2018. Called “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord,” the story is set in Miami on the eve of the 2008 election and focuses on four high school girls holding occult rituals to communicate with spirits – specifically that of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar. As it turned out, plenty of others were interested in Scheer’s strange, comic, often magical play.

here, notes that “the main piece of legislation controlling drugs in the UK” is the Misuse of Drugs Act from 1971. The report also identifies the way commonly controlled drugs in the UK are classified and scheduled, as per the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.

Gwyneth Paltrow is known for loving clean and non toxic products….and there’s one she highly recommends that you can get from Amazon for only $15!

EastEnders fans are predicting yet more heartbreak for Cindy Beale and the Knight family, as a possible death twist for Gina Knight was teased in Wednesday's (30 August) episode. In a dramatic turn of events, Gina collapsed from a drug overdose while partying in Peggy's.

An arsonist who was drunk and high on cocaine when he torched a flat was caught out by his burnt and blistered fingers, a court heard.

A drug and alcohol abuse organisation said they were working to ensure help was available to those in need, as it emerged that the number of drug deaths in West Lothian had remained unchanged for the third year in a row.

Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) hasn't had an easy time of it since arriving in Weatherfield - and unfortunately, it's set to get worse as she's found overdosed by her son Tyrone on Coronation Street next week. Cassie lands in big trouble on her first day working at the garage when drug dealer Dean (Anthony Crank) arrives demanding money. Cassie promises to pay him by the end of the day.

The mother of a young Scots overdose victim made a drug deal on one of Scotland’s busiest shopping streets.

Elle King is showing off her brand new body!

Local calls have returned urging the decriminalisation of personal drug use after the number of drug-related deaths in Perth and Kinross increased – despite a nationwide decrease.