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Philadelphia drug kingpin sentenced to death, co-defendant to face life in prison
Firebombed and murdered six in witness’s family, murdered six others. A federal jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that...
Prison chef Mick Fray jailed for selling drugs behind bars
A prison chef who smuggled drugs and mobile phones into jail, and sold them to a prisoner, has himself been...
Australia: Synthetic cannabis linked to series of Queensland deaths
State coroner Michael Barnes has written to the Chief Health Officer to warn of a spate of Queensland deaths linked...
Study shows pill prevents HIV among drug addicts
Drug-injecting addicts who took a daily antiretroviral pill were half as likely to become infected with H.I.V. as those who...
UK: E-cigarettes face new restrictions
Electronic cigarettes will be licensed as a medicine in the UK from 2016, under new regulations.The UK currently has few...
ADHD medication backlash?
In the past few years, there’s been a not-so-quiet backlash against ADHD. Both the diagnostic frequency and the medications used...
Italy: Mafia planned to use drones to assassinate its enemies in 1990s, says informant
A top mafia informer has told an Italian court that Cosa Nostra planned to use drone-type flying bombs to assassinate...
Seattle: Washington heroin use, deaths up, especially in youth
Heroin use and related deaths have increased significantly across Washington over the past decade, especially among people younger than 30,...
Quebec cops arrest suspected operators of biker-linked drug ring
Police say more than 230 officers fanned out across Quebec’s Eastern Townships Wednesday morning to dismantle a biker-linked narcotics ring....