After four years of negotiations, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), with the participation of over 135 countries, agreed on a...
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Drug use in 50- to 64-year-olds has increased 10-fold in England since 1993
New research published in the journal Age and Ageing has found that the lifetime use of cannabis, amphetamine, cocaine and...
Cocaine a factor in Whitney Houston’s death
Detectives found white powdery substances and a spoon with white residue in the hotel room where Whitney Houston died, according...
Drugs and death in the Netherlands
Holland Targets Its Drugs-and-Death Tourism
Levels of dangerous chemicals in tobacco products must be reported
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says tobacco companies will have to report levels of 20 dangerous chemicals found in...
New Zealand: More synthetic cannabinoids being banned
A further three synthetic cannabis substances found in products sold in some dairies are in the process of being banned...
Italian mafia thug arrested in Thailand
Vito Roberto Palazzolo. aka Robert von Palace Kolbatschenko, has been arrested in Thailand. Palazzolo is wanted in Italy for links...
Good news from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua
Mauricio Funes of El Salvador, Porfirio Lobo of Honduras and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua issued a joint statement after meeting...
Pot gardens pose environmental problems
California authorities say the proliferation of outdoor marijuana plantations in the Santa Cruz Mountains are damaging the environment and increasing...
New York State Health Commissioner orders a stop to sale of synthetic marijuana
New York State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H. has issued an order of summary action banning the sale...