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Men arrested after swallowing 600 pellets of cannabis resin
More than 600 pellets of cannabis resin has been recovered from five men, one British national living in Ireland and...
EMCDDA and EUROPOL launch in-depth review of amphetamine market
Increased capacity and sophistication in the illicit amphetamine market are among developments reviewed in the EMCDDA–Europol analysis Amphetamine: a European...
Dutch coffee shop membership will be delayed
Today the Dutch Minister of Justice, Ivo Opstelten, said coffee shops in three provinces in the south of the country,...
Ecstasy may cause long-lasting changes in the brain
According to a new study, reported in Archives of General Psychiatry, ecstasy may produce long-lasting changes in brain chemistry. Read...
Marijuana use continues to rise among U.S. teens, while alcohol use hits historic lows
Results of this year’s Monitoring the Future survey were released today. Among the more important findings from this year’s Monitoring...
Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds settle with Justice Department over tobacco-industry document databases
The two biggest tobacco companies in the United States have agreed to improve public access to internal tobacco-industry documents and...
Ireland: Cannabis use on rise, report shows
Irish Times reports that cannabis overtook heroin last year as the “most common problem drug” among new cases on treatment...
25 arrested in joint counterfeit euro and drug trafficking investigation
Europol reports that Spanish authorities, working with Europol, have dismantled a criminal group responsible for drug trafficking and distributing more...