UK drugs firm alleged to have used network of more than 700 middlemen and travel agencies to bribe doctors and...
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UK: Cocaine in the Commons: Parliament embarrassed by drug revelation
Traces of cocaine have been found in toilets on the parliamentary estate. An investigation by the Sun on Sunday newspaper...
Drug use behind 110 deaths in Northern Ireland last year
About 110 people died in Northern Ireland last year as a consequence of drug use. Police are still investigating a...
Liquid ecstasy seized in Melbourne nightclub crackdown
Police seized over a litre of the drug GHB, also known as fantasy or liquid ecstasy, during an operation in...
Germany: One man and his sniffer dog help tackle Germany’s hidden drug problem
A German man and his dog have offered up their services to help concerned parents sniff out whether their children...
Malaysia seizes methamphetamine disguised as tea
Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 50kg of methamphetamine disguised as Chinese tea at Kuala Lumpur’s main airport.Further reading
The epidemiology of substance use among street children in resource-constrained settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Street children from resource-constrained settings reported high life-time substance use. Inhalants are the predominant substances used, followed by tobacco, alcohol...
New Zealand: Free-for-all of the backyard chemists is over
Mike Sabin, MP for Northland says he is hoping to see ‘backyard chemists’ who manufacture psychoactive substances, commonly sold as...
‘Bath salts,’ ‘Spice’ and US Military: Are Service members abusing synthetic drugs?
An undercover investigation for National Geographic explores the availability of powerful synthetic drugs, with names like “spice” and “bath salts,”...
Combination of smoking and heavy drinking ‘speeds up cognitive decline’
The combination of smoking and heavy drinking speeds up cognitive decline, according to a new study by researchers in UCL...