Drugs
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Drugs, denial and stigma: the babies and children swept up in Fiji’s HIV nightmare
Vulnerable young people, partners of drug users and victims of sexual violence also among those afflicted in w…
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Cuba arrests alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped custody in Mexico
Zhi Dong Zhang, known by alias ‘Brother Wang’, is also wanted by US and has alleged ties to Mexican drug carte…
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Singapore is worried about a rise in drug-laced vaping. What is happening, and what is the drug etomidate?
Vaping has been banned since 2018, but now authorities are seeing a rise in young people using them to take an…
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Peruvian woman accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into Bali using sex toy
Officers say they found 1.4kg of drug inside toy in woman’s underwear and also accused her of hiding ecstasy p…
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British teenager Bella Culley to be held in Georgia until September drugs trial
Tbilisi judge rejects lawyer’s offer of plea agreement for release of pregnant Teesside teenager, now 19, at h…
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Amazon Indigenous peoples can benefit from ‘ayahuasca tourism’ | Letters
Visitors staying at ‘healing retreats’ bring vital income to the diverse cultures of the region, writes Enrico…
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Australian accused of smuggling cocaine into Bali faces ‘death penalty or life in jail’
The 43-year-old from Sydney appears in prison jumpsuit after allegedly being in possession of 1.7kg of drugsGe…
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Young British woman held on drug charges in Sri Lanka could be linked to Culley case
Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, flew from the same Bangkok airport as Bella May Culley, who was arre…
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New daily weight-loss pill shows success at clinical trial
Orforglipron also reduced blood sugar levels in participants with type 2 diabetesA significant trial of a dail…
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‘They were just kids’: the award-winning photographer who captured the Bali Nine at their most vulnerable
As the government works to secure the release of the remaining Australians, Mick Tsikas looks back on his work…
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Donna Nelson, who claims she was love scam victim, jailed for smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson sentenced to six years in prison after court finds her guilty of bringing methamphetamine into co…
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Indonesia hands Australia draft Bali Nine repatriation deal in ‘significant step forward’
Australia’s home affairs minister Tony Burke says some issues are yet to be resolved but hails Indonesian good…
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Duterte tells Philippines ‘war on drugs’ inquiry he kept a death squad
Ex-president says he kept criminals to kill other criminals while mayor and offers no apologies at hearing inv…
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Philippines: Duterte to run as mayor despite inquiry into his drugs crackdown
Former president to run in his home city of Davao despite ICC’s investigation into possible crime against huma…
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‘Drug-resistant typhoid is the final warning sign’: disease spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail
As world leaders discuss the battle against superbugs in New York, Pakistan’s children are suffering on the fr…