Rise in drug deaths shows UK policy is ‘killing us’, says Dalston councillor
Cllr Zoë Garbett AM calls on London Mayor to legalise and regulate drug use
Drugs
Drug consumption rooms key to tackling substance misuse in Hackney, say Greens
Cllrs Alastair Binnie-Lubbock and Zoë Garbett say drug use should no longer be categorised as anti-social behaviour
Hackney councillors trained to use drug overdose kits amid concern over synthetic opioids
At least 16 councillors have been taught how to provide emergency treatment using a Naloxone kit
‘I’ve never had this sort of help’: Support services praised as drug-related deaths in Hackney fall to lowest level in a decade
Borough bucks national trend after receiving £1 million in government funding
Hackney awarded £1m to help tackle effects of substance abuse
Borough is one of eight pilot areas picked out for funding by new Home Office initiative
‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds
Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime
Drug user complains of ‘rip-off’ dealer to police
Sergeant Richard Berns answered 999 complaint about price of illegal drugs
Hackney man caught in cab with cocaine worth up to £3 million jailed
Man stopped by police given five year jail sentence for possession of cocaine with intent to supply
Hackney police crack down on counterfeit alcohol and unlicensed taxis
Operation Condor saw the arrest of 70 people last weekend, who were targeted over licensing laws and anti-social behaviour
Top boy: stories of Hackney’s young drug dealers
Ronan Bennett spent two years interviewing gang members in east London for his powerfully personal TV drama, Top Boy. Here he describes their hidden, hopeless world – and the lengths they’ll go to escape from it
Twenty arrested in Dalston immigration and drugs swoop
A joint operation by Hackney Police, Hackney Council and the UK Border Agency cracks down on Class A drug dealing and immigration offences in Ridley Road and at Dalston Junction
Contract killers as young as 15 recruited to do drug syndicates’ dirty work
Turkish crime gangs in north London thought to be linked to spate of killings
Every parent’s worst nightmare: how ketamine killed our daughter
Bright, popular, rebellious and creative, 21-year-old Louise Cattell had everything to live for. Then she made a fatal mistake. She took the party drug ketamine and was found dead in the bath by her flatmate. There are 125,000 other ketamine users in the UK. Louise’s parents want to make sure it nev