Sixteen people have died in Pakistan after drinking cough syrup suspected of being toxic, police said Monday after three additional...
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New corruption scandal rocks Brazilian government
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, moving quickly to nip a new scandal in the bud, ordered the dismissal on Saturday of...
Private industry, NGOs and law enforcement step up the fight against commercial sexual exploitation of children online
Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol announced the launch a new European...
Schizophrenia – the cannabis link – part 1
The first in a groundbreaking series by Patrick Cockburn on the lessons of his son’s psychosis Is this the ‘tobacco...
Drug companies’ influence over research grows
For drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, the 17-page article in the New England Journal of Medicine represented a coup.The 2006 report described a...
How to catch an international cocaine baron: Hunting one of Britain’s most elusive drugs lords
A scrap of paper with a Spanish mobile number was all the police needed to track down one of Britain’s...
Australia: 55 busted for drugs at NSW music festival
Police have found 55 people with drugs including cannabis, LSD and mushrooms at a music festival in the NSW Riverina...
7-year-old “was stoned out of her mind”
7-year-old Mykayla has had up to 1.2 grams of cannabis oil in 24 hours, the rough equivalent of smoking 10...
New Mexico: Marijuana growers using solar power
Authorities say illegal marijuana growers are increasingly using solar power to operate large-scale operations and remain off the grid. Further...
Drug binge teen jailed for scalding attack on four-month-old baby
John Ward, 19, had spent the weekend taking 30 ecstasy tablets, 20 valium, plus amphetamines, cannabis and alcohol with his...