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First month of marijuana tax revenue in Colorado falls well short of expectations
It appears that Colorado is falling well short of the state’s revenue projection from marijuana sales. Instead, the number from...
Use of cocaine drops and marijuana increases across the United States
The use of cocaine dropped sharply across the United States from 2006 to 2010, while the amount of marijuana consumed...
UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov: Drug legalization is no solution
Legalisation is not the solution for the world drug problem, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) head said...
More than 100 Los Angeles pot shops closed
Los Angeles has shut more than 100 pot shops since it began enforcing new rules for medical marijuana dispensaries. But...
Colorado boasts big sales in retail pot industry
New numbers out show Colorado is making big bucks off recreational pot. In the first accounting of the recreational pot...
Attorney General Holder, calling rise in heroin overdoses ‘urgent public health crisis’
Calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin and other prescription pain-killers an “urgent public health crisis,” Attorney General Eric...
Dubai: Pakistani man sentenced to death for drug trafficking
A 30-year-old Pakistani man in Dubai has been sentenced to death for trafficking four kilogrammes of heroin, a media report...
Jamaica police report uptick in drug seizures on flights from Caribbean island of Curacao
Jamaican police say they are foiling a rising number of attempts to smuggle drugs to and from the southern Dutch...
Open reply to Seth Hyman, parent of epileptic daughter
Kevin Sabet: Open reply to Seth Hyman, parent of epileptic daughterMore international news