Inspectors say drug use at supersized G4S jail is more than twice rate in similar prisons. Prisoners claim it is...
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Northern Ireland: Over 300 arrests over street drugs
Police have arrested more than 300 people over the past two weeks as part of a clampdown on street-level drug...
Australia: Three police homes raided in Vic drug bust
Three Victorian police officers’ homes have been raided and two officers charged with using performance-enhancing drugs.Further reading
Marijuana in Washington: Clark County’s Prevent! works to stop drug abuse among children
Sean Chavez and Joy Lyons are trying to hold back the tide. They run a nonprofit program that aims keep...
Good news from U.S: The Supreme Court of the United States rejects appeal to reclassify marijuana
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from several medical marijuana advocacy groups challenging the Drug...
Malta: Go-between in cannabis deal jaled for 10 years 6 months
A 42-year-old man who was set to earn some €500 for acting as a middleman in the sale of 7.5kg...
Rising alcohol and tobacco use among French teens
France’s anti-smoking and drinking policies to combat consumption among the young have failed. Sixteen and 17 year olds are actually...
UK: Police discovered cannabis farm in the cellar of The Joker in Seven Kings
Police discovered a large-scale cannabis farm in the cellar of a pub. The Joker, in Cameron Road, Seven Kings, now...
Drug gangs driven from Rio de Janeiro favelas
A major operation to push drug gangs away from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas has seen hundreds of security officials occupy...
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2013
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 was awarded jointly to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas...