Drugs
- Afghanistan, Africa, Drugs, Drugs trade, Global development, Global health, Opioids, Society, South Africa, South and Central Asia, World news
How to escape the ‘heroin hustle’: the project helping South African addicts
Heroin use has risen sharply across the country but in Pretoria, a programme of methadone and support is succe…
-
New Zealand charity unknowingly gives out sweets with lethal levels of meth
Up to 400 people received parcels that could contain the contaminated lolly as police open a criminal investig…
-
Opioid crisis: US and China at odds over influx of fentanyl
Antony Blinken speaks at launch of US-led coalition to address synthetic drug threatsWho is responsible for th…
-
Richard Wakeling, crime boss extradited to UK from Thailand, starts jail sentence
Drug importer fled UK in 2018 before trial that led to 11-year prison term but was captured at a Bangkok garag…
-
Indian study reveals about 3% of drugs ‘substandard’ amid official crackdown
In wake of children’s cough syrup scandal, an expert says regulatory system is ‘grossly understaffed and under…
-
Singapore executes man over plot to smuggle 1kg of cannabis
Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged despite international pleas to reconsider capital punishment for drugs offencesSi…
- Drugs, Global development, Global health, India, Pharmaceuticals industry, South and Central Asia, World news
Children are dying. We need a worldwide medicines treaty to avoid further tragedies | Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy Thikkavarapu
Recent deaths linked to drugs made in India underline the need for a global framework for quality control and …
-
‘They were shot in the head’: morgue gives up truth of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war
Crusading pathologist Raquel Fortun finds evidence of multiple murder at the direction of ‘a madman’ in the ex…
-
New Zealand intercepts 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth $500m floating in Pacific Ocean
Authorities say the haul, which is the largest seizure of illicit drugs made by the country’s law enforcement,…
-
Myanmar opium production surges since coup, UN finds
Conflict and economic hardship force farmers to rely on opium, with poppy cultivation rising by 33% in 2022Pro…
-
Indonesia bans sale of syrup medicines after at least 99 child deaths
Country investigating 206 cases of kidney injury that could be linked to ingredients in liquid medicinesIndone…
-
‘Every part is useful’: the man who wants Afghanistan to swap opium for hemp
Oil from the versatile plant makes cannabis medicine CBD and its fibre has a range of uses but the Taliban nee…
-
‘Every part is useful’: the man who wants Afghanistan to swap opium for hemp
Oil from the versatile plant makes cannabis medicine CBD and its fibre has a range of uses but the Taliban nee…
- Antibiotics, Asia Pacific, Cannabis, Chicken, Drugs, Environment, Farm animals, Farming, Food, Science, Society, Thailand, World news
How cannabis-fed chickens may help cut Thai farmers’ antibiotic use
Scientists observed fewer cases of avian bronchitis and superior meat after chickens given cannabisIt all bega…
-
Thailand to ease cannabis rules but smokers warned over smell ‘nuisance’
People will be allowed to grow it at home but smoking for recreational purposes is still forbiddenThailand wil…