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06.042012April 6, 2012

Leader of Tijuana cartel/Arellano-Felix drug trafficking organization sentenced

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On April 2 it was announced that Benjamin Arellano-Felix, the former leader of the Tijuana Cartel/Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO) was sentenced...

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06.042012April 6, 2012

Juarez drug cartel leader pleads guilty and is sentenced to life in prison

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The Juarez Drug Cartel’s leader in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico, pleaded guilty today in El Paso, Texas, and was sentenced...

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05.042012April 5, 2012

New protocol proposed to address illicit trade in tobacco products

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After four years of negotiations, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), with the participation of over 135 countries, agreed on a...

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05.042012April 5, 2012

Drug use in 50- to 64-year-olds has increased 10-fold in England since 1993

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New research published in the journal Age and Ageing has found that the lifetime use of cannabis, amphetamine, cocaine and...

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05.042012April 5, 2012

Cocaine a factor in Whitney Houston’s death

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Detectives found white powdery substances and a spoon with white residue in the hotel room where Whitney Houston died, according...

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05.042012April 5, 2012

Drugs and death in the Netherlands

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Holland Targets Its Drugs-and-Death Tourism

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02.042012April 2, 2012

Levels of dangerous chemicals in tobacco products must be reported

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says tobacco companies will have to report levels of 20 dangerous chemicals found in...

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31.032012March 31, 2012

New Zealand: More synthetic cannabinoids being banned

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A further three synthetic cannabis substances found in products sold in some dairies are in the process of being banned...

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31.032012March 31, 2012

Italian mafia thug arrested in Thailand

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Vito Roberto Palazzolo. aka Robert von Palace Kolbatschenko, has been arrested in Thailand. Palazzolo is wanted in Italy for links...

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31.032012March 31, 2012

Good news from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua

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Mauricio Funes of El Salvador, Porfirio Lobo of Honduras and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua issued a joint statement after meeting...

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