カテゴリー: Drugs
Vulnerable young people, partners of drug users and victims of sexual violence also among those afflicted in world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic The night her baby’s heart stopped, Clare* blamed herself. Had she taken her out in the cold too much? Had…
Zhi Dong Zhang, known by alias ‘Brother Wang’, is also wanted by US and has alleged ties to Mexican drug cartelsCuba has arrested an alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped custody in Mexico in July and is also wanted by the US, Mexican security s…
Vaping has been banned since 2018, but now authorities are seeing a rise in young people using them to take an anaesthetic agentSingapore will crack down on the vaping and drug-laced vapes from Monday, introducing heavier fines, lengthy prison sentence…
Officers say they found 1.4kg of drug inside toy in woman’s underwear and also accused her of hiding ecstasy pillsA Peruvian woman has been arrested in Bali after allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine into the Indonesian resort island using a sex toy and…
Tbilisi judge rejects lawyer’s offer of plea agreement for release of pregnant Teesside teenager, now 19, at hearingThe British teenager Bella Culley is to be held in a Georgian prison for at least five more weeks as she awaits trial on drug-smuggling …
Visitors staying at ‘healing retreats’ bring vital income to the diverse cultures of the region, writes Enrico Malatesta, while Emily Webster says there is no need to leave the UK to find shamanic healing. Plus, a letter by John LowrieYour article (‘Ay…
The 43-year-old from Sydney appears in prison jumpsuit after allegedly being in possession of 1.7kg of drugsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities are providing consular assistance in Bali to an Australian man accused of…
Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, flew from the same Bangkok airport as Bella May Culley, who was arrested a day earlierWithin a day of Bella May Culley being arrested at a Georgian airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 14kg of cannabis, the …
Orforglipron also reduced blood sugar levels in participants with type 2 diabetesA significant trial of a daily weight-loss pill has found that it helped people to shed the pounds and reduce their blood sugar levels, making it a contender to join the n…
As the government works to secure the release of the remaining Australians, Mick Tsikas looks back on his work documenting their fate, from arrests to, in some cases, executionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen death was w…
Donna Nelson sentenced to six years in prison after court finds her guilty of bringing methamphetamine into countryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe jailing of an Australian woman in Japan is “really distressing” for her fa…
Australia’s home affairs minister Tony Burke says some issues are yet to be resolved but hails Indonesian goodwillGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Indonesian government has handed Australia a draft proposal for the repatri…
Ex-president says he kept criminals to kill other criminals while mayor and offers no apologies at hearing investigating crackdownsThe former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has told a senate inquiry into drug killings under his leadership that he…
Former president to run in his home city of Davao despite ICC’s investigation into possible crime against humanityThe former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, whose anti-drugs crackdown is being investigated by the international criminal court as a…
As world leaders discuss the battle against superbugs in New York, Pakistan’s children are suffering on the frontlineThe world is facing an antibiotic emergency: a data-led plan of action is needed nowFrom his sickbed, eight-year-old Ukasha could see h…