A hardened core of 100,000 criminals convicted last year already had at least 15 offences to their names.This group of...
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Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman dead? Guatemala probes if drug lord killed in shootout
Guatemalan authorities are mobilizing security forces to scour a remote, rural area where residents reported a gunbattle between drug gangs...
Australia: Hells Angels target shopping mall kids to join life of crime
Hells Angels are trying to recruit schoolchildren from Sydney shopping centres to join their gang and peddle drugs – threatening...
Utah: Women duct-taped teenage boy and forced him to use marijuana
Police in Utah say two women duct-taped a teenage boy, forced him to use marijuana and poured hot sauce in...
Surge in heroin linked to painkillers in New York State
Drug treatment counselors and police are seeing a surge in heroin addiction in Buffalo and across the state, much of...
Doctors debate telling patients to smoke marijuana
Perhaps you know whether you’d want to use marijuana to relieve severe pain or nausea. But if you were a...
North Carolina: House committee kills medical marijuana bill
The House Rules Committee has killed a bill that would have legalized medical marijuana, an effort by House leaders to...
Idaho: Anti-marijuana resolution approved in committee
The Senate State Affairs Committee approved an anti-marijuana resolution after two hours of competing public testimony on the pros and...
Fatal drug overdoses in U.S. increase for 11th consecutive year
Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States, new data show. According to a research...
Ireland: Dance fan died from ecstasy and coke
A man who died after the Swedish House Mafia gig in Dublin’s Phoenix Park last summer had taken a cocktail...