Russia will submit a law banning smoking in public places to parliament by Nov. 1, defying opposition from leading cigarette...
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Colombia and Bolivia clash over drugs policies
Colombia and Bolivia clashed this weekend over the effectiveness of counter-narcotics strategies in the two countries. Further reading Related
4 Bulgarians arrested in today’s Spanish cocaine bust
Four Bulgarians, including one woman, were arrested after drug traffickers tried to transfer half a ton of cocaine in the...
UK: We’ll go down as the nation that smoked itself stupid
Cannabis makes you stupid. I know this already, from the feeble arguments and moronic insults that I get from the...
Calderon defends war on Mexican drug cartels
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said his controversial war on drugs had cost criminal gangs $14.5 billion (£9.7 billion) as he...
Scotland: 145 cops reported for alleged corruption but just six prosecuted
More than 145 cops have been reported to prosecutors for alleged corruption in the past five years but only six...
Canada: Laws called deficient as marijuana smoker cleared of impaired driving
The recent acquittal of a Saskatchewan driver on impaired driving charges — even though she admitted using marijuana before hitting...
Korea: Less drug offenders but more confiscation
“Drug Crimes in 2011” released by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on Sunday show that the number of drug offenders decreased...
Algeria seizes 4 tonnes of cannabis
Nearly four tonnes of cannabis with a street value of around 1.6 million euros (USD 2 million) have been seized...
Head of Montana Cannabis to plead guilty to pot charge
The president of an advocacy group behind a lawsuit and a ballot measure challenging Montana’s restrictive new medical marijuana law...