Two Vietnamese men have been jailed for three years after they were caught working in a cannabis growing factory which...
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Marijuana withdrawal added to DSM 5
Cannabis withdrawal, one of the cannabis-related disorders listed in the 2013 edition of the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...
United States Air Force plane picked up nearly 24 tons of cocaine at Liberia airport
Under tight security and in complete secrecy, the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) transported nearly 24 tons of cocaine to the...
UK: Leader of international drug and money laundering ring jailed for 27 years
The ringleader behind an international multi-million-pound drugs trafficking and money-laundering ring in South Yorkshire has been sentenced to 27 years...
Northern Ireland: Man charged over £100,000 Belfast cannabis haul
A man has been remanded in custody in connection with the seizure in Belfast of an estimated £100,000 worth of...
Justin Bieber: Cannabis found on tour bus
Police have found cannabis on one of Justin Bieber’s tour buses as it crossed from Canada to the US. The...
Q&A with Dr. Gilberto Gerra, Chief of Drug Prevention and Health Branch, Division for Operations, UNODC, Vienna
Dr. Gilberto Gerra Protecting human rights and human health The Law, the Politics, and the Rhetoric of Illicit Drugs Preventing...
How Americans said no to cocaine after years-long addiction
Cocaine use in America has dropped by almost half since 2006, The Christian Science Monitor reports. The National Survey on...
Obama signals retreat in the war on drugs
A proposed 21% cut in the budget for international drug control could set back progress already achieved.Further reading
Washington faces marijuana legalization roadblocks
When more than 1.7 million Washington residents voted to make marijuana legal for adults last November, most probably didn’t give...