The head of the EU commission on Friday (10 August) sent a harsh letter to Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta,...
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Thailand: 9-year-old in govt drug-rehab program
The youngest drug addict participating in a government rehabilitation scheme is 9, while young addicts are prone to new consumption...
13-year-old gave himself a fatal heroin overdose
A day after a man was arrested on suspicion of murder for allegedly injecting a 13-year-old boy with a fatal...
Mexico drug suspects held in Madrid
Four members of a major Mexican drugs cartel have been arrested in central Madrid according to the Spanish interior ministry.
Adolescents most at risk of brain damage from long term, heavy cannabis use
Long term, heavy cannabis use is harmful to the developing brain, according to new research conducted at the Murdoch Childrens...
Suspected Mexican drug ‘queen’ extradited to U.S.
One of the most high-profile women accused of connections with Mexico’s drug trade was extradited to the United States Thursday....
Sales and possession of bath salts now illegal under New York regulations
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, through the state’s Department of Health, has made bath salts, synthetic marijuana and other similarly manufactured stimulants...
Hope for the addicted
Private donors can make the biggest difference when they find and fill the spaces where people fall between the social...
Cannabis use in Brazil
For the first time the rates of cannabis dependence are revealed in a nationally representative sample in Brazil. The Second...
Colombia captures Medellin mafia kingpin ‘Sebastian’
Colombian police have captured one of the country’s biggest criminal bosses, the Oficina de Envigado´s Erick Vargas Cardenas, alias “Sebastian.”...