Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty in drug trafficking case | Crime News
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, 55, has been found guilty in a New York federal courtroom of participating in a scheme to ship cocaine…
Inside Holland’s violent narco wars where Moroccan mafia drug lords BEHEAD rivals and torture women to sell drugs to UK
DUTCH King of Cocaine Ridouan Taghi has a simple, blood-chilling rule for those who cross him: “If you talk, you die.” As the “undisputed leader”…
‘Left behind’ families look to ICC for Philippines drug war justice | News
Manila, Philippines — Ephraim Escudero had been missing for five days when a neighbour showed his family a news clipping. The bodies of two unknown…
Ore. lawmakers reverse course on drug decriminalization amid fentanyl crisis
State legislators at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem have voted to recriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs amid a surging opioid crisis in…
Regulator acts to close loophole enabling Australian pharmacists to make copycat Ozempic drug
In short: The family of drugs used to make Ozempic and Mounjaro will be removed from Australia's compounding exemptions, stopping pharmacies from making off-brand replicas.Compounding…
Calls for drug consumption room to 'prevent deaths'
There have been 585 drugs-related deaths in NI over three years as campaigners call for action. Source link
San Francisco will start prosecuting drug dealers for murder
SAN FRANCISCO — County by county in California, as fentanyl overdoses escalate, local prosecutors are turning to a novel legal strategy to stem the spiraling death…
‘I have no problems with it’: Labor MP Malarndirri McCarthy welcomes drug, alcohol testing in parliament
In short: Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy has told Q+A she would welcome drug and alcohol testing for parliamentarians in the wake of incidents involving Barnaby Joyce…
SA Police arrests man allegedly found hiding in wheelie bin with drugs and ice pipes
In short: A police dog has helped track down a man found hiding in a wheelie bin at Park Holme with ice pipes and drugs, police said.Officers said…
‘Rust’ movie armorer ‘s alleged drug use to be included at trial
A New Mexico judge ruled Wednesday that alleged drug use by “Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed during off-hours could be introduced as evidence during her…
Brown Denies TV Report He Hosted Drug Parties : Politics: State Police officers tell of finding cocaine, pot in L.A. home owned by then-governor. The candidate questions accusers’ motives.
WASHINGTON — Former California Gov. Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr. on Thursday denied a report by a television network that he had hosted parties in his…
Amitav Ghosh dives deep into opium history in ‘Smoke and Ashes’
On the Shelf 'Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories' By Amitav GhoshFarrar, Straus and Giroux: 416 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our…
Pharma CEOs asked to defend high drug prices at Senate hearing
“The outrageous cost of prescription drugs in America means that 1 out of 4 of our people go to the doctor, get a prescription and…
Newsom to send 120 CHP officers to fight crime in Oakland
Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce Tuesday that he’s sending 120 Highway Patrol officers to Oakland under a new state law enforcement campaign targeting an…
In March, Supreme Court to begin oral arguments over abortion drug mifepristone
1 of 4 | The Supreme Court said Monday that it has set a March date to begin arguments on patient access to the drug…
Delving into the Social-Humanitarian Aspects of the Mexican Drug War
The widespread drug trafficking that began in Mexico and subsequently extended to other nations, including the US, is what gave rise to the Mexican Drug…
Vietnam court sentences 9 people to death for drug trafficking
A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced nine people to death after being convicted of involvement in one of the country's largest drug trafficking cases…
Jailed for seven years to modelling & drug addiction…. the fate of Benefits Street cast ten years on from show
IT was the infamous show that gave viewers a no holds barred look at life on the breadline for residents on an ordinary Birmingham street.…
Former drug detectives explain the likely reason cocaine worth tens of millions of dollars is washing onto NSW beaches
Former drug investigators have shed more light on the likely reason the cocaine worth tens of millions of dollars that's washing up on NSW beaches…
California bill paves way for psychedelic therapy
SACRAMENTO — The movement to legalize psychedelics in California appears to be entering a new phase, with a focus on incremental steps to permit the drugs…