The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police blame rise in drug crime on refugee crisis Law enforcement have said that they are too stretched dealing with the refugee influx to effectively fight drug dealing, after figures showed a surge in drug-related deaths in 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20160307/police-blame-rise-in-drug-use-on-refugee-crisis Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:42:03 +0100 police-blame-rise-in-drug-use-on-refugee-crisis Hapless junkie sends boyfriend's lawyer heroin A woman from Regensburg thought she'd found a foolproof way to smuggle heroin to her boyfriend in prison - but the plan backfired in a very literal way. https://www.thelocal.de/20151119/heroin-dealer-caught-after-sending-drugs-to-law-firm Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:53:17 +0100 heroin-dealer-caught-after-sending-drugs-to-law-firm Drug experts plead for a better way In an “Alternative Drugs and Addiction Report”, experts have warned politicians that current laws on dangerous drugs are doing more harm than good. https://www.thelocal.de/20150518/experts-tell-politicians-anti-drug-laws-have-failed Mon, 18 May 2015 17:36:55 +0200 experts-tell-politicians-anti-drug-laws-have-failed Drug-related crimes hit ten-year high The Criminal Investigation Department (BKD) released figures on Tuesday showing that cases of drug-related crimes have risen to the highest number in a decade. https://www.thelocal.de/20150421/drug-related-crime-rises-sharply Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:09:56 +0200 drug-related-crime-rises-sharply 330 kg of heroin found in pickle shipment Police in North Rhine-Westphalia seized a truck smuggling 330 kilogrammes of heroin being smuggled in with a 23-tonne shipment of pickled garlic and cucumbers, officials in Essen announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141009/massive-heroin-shipment-found-by-police Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:07:00 +0200 massive-heroin-shipment-found-by-police Berlin passes synthetic heroin treatment law The Bundestag, or the lower house of parliament, passed a law on Thursday allowing the controversial treatment of the country’s worst addicts with synthetic heroin. https://www.thelocal.de/20090529/19581 Fri, 29 May 2009 10:32:00 +0200 19581 SPD pushes for synthetic heroin to be rated medicine for addicts The Social Democrats (SPD) are calling for legislation which would allow for synthetic heroin to be prescribed to the worst addicts before the summer. https://www.thelocal.de/20090222/17595 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:04:00 +0100 17595