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SAN FRANCISCO TO DISMISS THOUSANDS OF MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS


Thousands of San Francisco residents convicted of marijuana offenses since 1975 will see those convictions dismissed or reduced under an effort announced o... READ MORE

1st February, 2018 0

ANALYSIS | CANADA'S FIX TO THE OPIOID CRISIS: VENDING MACHINES THAT DISTRIBUTE PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS TO ADDICTS


Death rates from drug overdoses in British Columbia are almost as high as those in the states hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic in the United States... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 947

CHINA: U.S. SHOULD CURB DEMAND FOR DRUGS FUELING ITS OPIOID EPIDEMIC


China and the U.S. have worked to build a close working relationship to fight global flows of illicit synthetic drugs, but their collaboration remains fraught... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 62

LEADERS NEEDED TO FIX GLOBAL 'MESS,' KOFI ANNAN SAYS


Honestly speaking, we are in a mess, Annan said in an interview ahead of Tuesday's climate talks in Paris... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 0

'RULE OF LAW' FOR PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR


Rights groups say Mr Duterte has sanctioned extrajudicial killings by vigilantes and by police... READ MORE

23rd November, 2017 77

WHY HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS CHANGED? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS


But secondary school children in England are now more likely to have tried illegal drugs than cigarettes, according to NHS Digital... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 165

Trending News Headlines : Lee Harris

TRUDEAU SAYS MARIJUANA LEGISLATION EXPECTED BY SUMMER


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new marijuana legislation should be ready by summer, but his government is not considering the legalization of any other drugs... READ MORE

3rd March, 2017 20464

PHILIPPINE POLICE 'DUMPING BODIES' OF DRUG WAR VICTIMS


Human rights organisations cast doubt over the police reporting, saying more than 7,000 people have been killed in connection to the drug war... READ MORE

28th July, 2017 10853

A RARE SURVIVOR OF A PHILIPPINE DRUG RAID TAKES THE POLICE TO COURT


As he lay on the floor bleeding, he said, he overheard the police officers talking about planting guns and drugs because they had found none there... READ MORE

10th February, 2017 9408

IT'S TIME TO DECRIMINALIZE DRUGS, COMMISSION REPORT SAYS


Global drug policy has largely been driven by punitive measures in recent decades, but drug use has not slowed... READ MORE

22nd November, 2016 9130

THESE ARE THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST PLACES TO BUY DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES


Bloomberg mined its own research, the annual World Drug Report published by the United Nations along with data from the World Health Organization... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 4527

ELEVEN COUNTRIES STUDIED, ONE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION THE DRUG LAWS DONT WORK


The key finding of the report, written by Home Office civil servants, lies in a comparison of Portugal and the Czech Republic, both countries where personal use is decriminalised... READ MORE

30th October, 2014 2999

FENTANYL DEATHS ARE A CANADA-WIDE 'DISASTER'


Fentanyl is a highly potent drug that many recreational drug users take unknowingly, putting them at high risk of an overdose... READ MORE

28th January, 2016 2592

'THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING'


'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 2499

DRUG CZAR NOMINEE COULD BE IN LIMBO AFTER REPORT ON DRUG INDUSTRY TIES


Manchin calls on Trump to withdraw drug czar nomination, saying Marino is unfit for job and can't be trusted to confront opioid epidemic... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2433

COMMENT: PILL TESTING COULD HAVE SAVED MY SON'S LIFE.


Adriana created a Change.org petition calling on the NSW and Victorian premiers to allow pill testing at music festivals... READ MORE

17th April, 2017 2423

CANNABIS DRUG CUTS SEIZURES IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EPILEPSY IN TRIAL


On average, the seizures experienced by the children were reduced by nearly 40 percent and 43 percent of those taking cannabidiol saw their seizures cut by half... READ MORE

25th May, 2017 2339

OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES


Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 2161

TRUMP'S PICK FOR DRUG CZAR HAULED IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM DRUG DISTRIBUTORS HE WROTE BILL TO PROTECT


Rep. Tom Marino, who wrote legislation to protect opioid distributors, is expected to be named as the Trump administration's drug czar... READ MORE

14th April, 2017 2045

'I'M SMARTER THAN THEY ARE': UNDERGROUND CHEMIST SAYS POLICE LOSING FENTANYL BATTLE


Drug producer known as Beeker says underground chemists are steps ahead of the police when it comes to the movement of illicit drugs on the streets... READ MORE

28th November, 2016 1895

PUNITIVE DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILING, SAYS HOME OFFICE STUDY


A Home Office spokesperson, responding to the evidence of the international report, said This government has absolutely no intention of decriminalising drugs... READ MORE

30th October, 2014 1783

DUTERTE LAUDS BLOODY DRUG RAIDS IN BULACAN STATE


Philippine president showers praise on police, who killed 32 suspects in the bloodiest drug raids near capital Manila... READ MORE

16th August, 2017 1712

'THERE IS LIFE AFTER DRUGS': A MESSAGE FOR TEENS ADDICTED TO FENTANYL


And Smith has some advice for the Kanata teens who have recently spoken out about their own fentanyl addictions... READ MORE

22nd February, 2017 1705

JEFF SESSIONS, DONALD TRUMP'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAID THE KU KLUX KLAN 'WAS OK UNTIL I FOUND OUT THEY SMOKED POT'


But Jeff Sessions, the attorney general-in-waiting, is expected to dismantle those laws, impose harsher punishments and completely reverse the national momentum towards decriminalisation... READ MORE

18th November, 2016 1641

DUTERTE SAYS HIS SON WILL BE KILLED IF HE IS INVOLVED IN DRUGS


As president, Duterte has said he would be happy to slaughter 3 million drug addicts, and described children shot dead in the drug war as collateral damage ... READ MORE

21st September, 2017 1606

ECSTASY SOLD IN US IS LESS PURE AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN IN EUROPE, EXPERTS WARN


People in the US have good prescription drugs, are moderate drinkers, smart cannabis users, but poorly discerning MDMA users, Winstock said... READ MORE

10th December, 2016 1570

'DRUG DEALER' SHOWS OFF WADS OF CASH ON FACEBOOK LIVE MOMENTS BEFORE BEING RAIDED BY POLICE


An alleged drug dealer filmed himself showing off wads of cash during a live online video stream when his house was raided by police... READ MORE

4th June, 2017 1469

BRITISH DRUGS SURVEY 2014: DRUG USE IS RISING IN THE UK BUT WE'RE NOT ADDICTED


Buying selling drugs The vast majority of drug users buy their drugs from people they know only one in 10 buys drugs from strangers... READ MORE

5th October, 2014 1338

COUNTRIES QUESTIONING INDONESIAS PUSH TO EXECUTE DRUG OFFENDERS


Indonesia has long imposed severe penalties for drug smuggling, but its use of the death penalty has been sporadic... READ MORE

3rd March, 2015 1194

ALMOST ONE IN THREE DRUGS OVERDOSES IN EUROPE RECORDED IN UK


Britain has Europe's highest proportion of heroin addicts and problematic use of novel psychoactive substances, say reports by the European drugs agency... READ MORE

6th June, 2017 1185

PCP TO PSYCHEDELIC FISH: UNCOVER THE STORIES BEHIND THE WORLD'S STRANGEST DRUGS


Morris says he wanted to use a boisterous disco song to accompany scenes of people smoking Mandrax in South Africa, but that Vice intervened... READ MORE

17th January, 2017 1173

MEXICAN HIGH COURT OPENS DOOR TO LEGALIZING MARIJUANA


Medical marijuana legalization bills are being debated in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico, the group said... READ MORE

8th November, 2015 1164

BRAZIL SUPREME COURT JUDGE CALLS FOR DRUGS LEGALIZATION TO BEAT GANGS


A rising number of Brazil's conservative and evangelical politicians are vowing a tougher stance on drugs, however... READ MORE

10th February, 2017 1096

PLAGUE OF CHEAP SPICE STRENGTHENS ITS GRIP ON HOMELESS AND JOBLESS IN NORTHERN TOWNS


Often, she said, homelessness and drug dependence feed off each other... READ MORE

8th November, 2015 906

MORE THAN 1,000 WORLD LEADERS SAY THE DRUG WAR HAS BEEN A DISASTER


General Assembly will hold a special session on global drug policy in New York this week... READ MORE

19th April, 2016 874

AMNESTY SOUNDS ALARM AS INDONESIA SLAYS DRUG SUSPECTS


Amnesty International has condemned what it described as an alarming number of police killings of suspected drug dealers in Indonesia... READ MORE

16th August, 2017 796


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