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UK: Members of drugs gang who used teenagers as couriers are jailed
Members of a drugs gang who used boys as young as 14 as couriers have been jailed.Reuben Crawshaw, Jahzeal Kennedy,...
U.S.: Sentencing reform gains momentum
Over the past few weeks, lawmakers have introduced bipartisan measures that would give judges more power to shorten prison sentences...
Bangkok: More than 200 kilos of heroin seized
Three Taiwanese and a Thai men were arrested on Thursday for attempting to smuggle 237 kilograms of heroin worth almost...
Nora Volkow is nominated for civil service award
For 10 years, Nora Volkow has been the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, overseeing a budget of...
Illinois High School to snip students’ hair to test for alcohol use
An Illinois high school plans to randomly snip students’ hair throughout the coming school year so it can be tested...
U.S: Heroin makes a comeback
Heroin makes a comeback and this time, small towns are increasingly beset by addiction, drug-related crimes.Further reading
Ireland: Cannabis worth €1.4 million seized in Carlow
Gardaí today seized cannabis herb and resin worth an estimated €1.4 million in Co Carlow.Further reading
Mexico detects cocaine on ship from South America
Mexican authorities found 124 kilos of cocaine on a ship that began its journey in Chile and made a stop...
Drug traffickers rent fields in Iran to grow cannabis
Suffocated by the recurring raids of the security forces in the past year, drug traffickers in Turkey’s Southeast have turned...