There is no magic formula to deal with organised crime and police can only limit its scope, Justice Minister Ionas...
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Drones are being used to smuggle drugs into Canadian prisons
Hull jail in the city of Gatineau in Quebec is having to tighten its security after a small helicopter drone...
UK: Coalition split on cannabis legalisation as Chris Grayling slaps down new Lib Dem minister
Tory MP rejected suggestions from new minister for drugs Norman Baker that legalisation of cannabis ‘should be considered’Further reading More...
Peru breaks coca eradication record
Peru has eradicated a record amount of coca in 2013, surpassing the country’s goal for the year of 22,000 hectares,...
The Global Epidemiology and Contribution of Cannabis Use and Dependence to the Global Burden of Disease: Results from the GBD 2010 Study
The Global Epidemiology and Contribution of Cannabis Use and Dependence to the Global Burden of Disease: Results from the GBD...
Political finance and organized crime in Latin America
On October 15, the Latin America Initiative at Brookings hosted a discussion on the intersection of politics, campaign financing and...
New Zealand: Cannabis ‘hikes schizophrenia risk’
Some heavy cannabis users are up to 11 times more likely to develop schizophrenia, a drug symposium in Auckland has...
UK: Drugs watchdog calls for ban on ‘legal highs’
Two “legal highs”, including one linked to deaths in Britain, should be banned, the Government’s official drugs watchdog recommended yesterday.Further...
Four more charged in Venezuela Air France drugs case
Four more people were charged Thursday in a probe into a 1.3 ton cocaine shipment discovered on an Air France...
Pot worth thousands of dollars found at prison in Puerto Rico
Marijuana worth about $20,000 was found buried in the yard of a prison in Puerto Rico, police said Thursday.Further reading