GardaÍ at Tallaght have seized cannabis herb and resin with an estimated street value of €700,000 euro.Further reading
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Two Italian men have been arrested after authorities seized
500 kilograms of cannabis during a routine check on a camping van entering southern Austria from Slovenia.Further reading
Deadly medicines and organized crime
Interesting film about the pharmaceutical industry
How Venezuela’s military tried to fly a ton of cocaine to France
Behind the biggest cocaine haul in French history were members of Venezuela’s military. InSight Crime’s investigation reveals the trafficking methods...
BMJ: No publication of studies partly or wholly funded by the tobacco industry
As editors of the BMJ, Heart, Thorax, and BMJ Open we have decided that the journals will no longer consider...
Drug use high among commercial truck drivers: study
Truck drivers have challenging jobs and too often they put their own health and safety, as well as others’, in...
Man jailed over synthetic drugs seizure
A Dublin man caught moving over euro560,000 worth of an illegal synthetic type of cannabis sold in head shops has...
FDA urging a tighter rein on painkillers
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended tighter controls on how doctors prescribe the most commonly used narcotic painkillers,...
Former Commander of Mexican State Police and member of the Gulf Cartel sentenced for drug conspiracy
Gilberto Lerma Plata, a former commander of the Mexican State Police and member of the Gulf Cartel, was sentenced today...
Police discover largest synthetic drugs production site ever found in the EU
A vast illegal ecstasy laboratory has been discovered and dismantled in Belgium, and five suspects have been arrested. The male...