カテゴリー: Drugs
Spike in drug use has caused problems across Tongan society, with arrests doubling in two years and children severely affectedAfter more than four decades spent living in New Zealand, Ned Cook knew it was time to return to his home country of Tonga.His…
After positive clinical trials for antiviral drug Molnupiravir, it joins other medicines that have shown promiseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first clinical trial results showing a positive effect for a pill that can b…
Numbers of the country’s carrion-loving birds dropped by over 97% in the 1990s. Now, a successful breeding scheme is giving them a boostIn February, the doors of an aviary in West Bengal’s Buxa tiger reserve were flung open. Eight critically endangered…
9 December 1926: Addiction, particularly among the poor, has become a serious problemAn English friend of Mr. Gandhi writes from Santiniketan, Bolpur, India:–We arrived at the Ashram (Dr. Rabindranath Tagore’s home) on Mr. Gandhi’s birthday, and, of co…
Yes campaign garnered 48.4% of votes, while the no vote won 50.7%, meaning the referendum does not passNew Zealanders have voted not to legalise cannabis in a referendum that painted a portrait of a country starkly divided over drug policy.The yes vote…
Latest poll shows the No campaign ahead slightly among registered votersSupport for the Yes and No campaigns in New Zealand’s referendum on legalising and taxing cannabis is split at 49.5% each, six weeks out from voting day.The No campaign, which aims…
Drug addiction is common among men in many villages, leaving their wives to develop survival strategies for the familyAnita Zadid would divorce her husband if she could. Eight years into the marriage, her husband turned to opium and crystal meth becaus…
Verdict is political play at time of escalating tension with Australia, former detainees sayThe Australian man Karm Gilespie’s death sentence is diplomatic leverage deliberately created by China, a former investigator who was detained in China for two …
Simon Birmingham says Cam Gillespie, arrested with over 7.5kg of methamphetamine, has 10 days to appealAustralia’s trade minister says the sentencing to death in China of an Australian man for drug smuggling should not necessarily be linked to the ongo…
More than 50% of voters must say yes to the proposed changes for parliament to consider the changesNew Zealanders will be asked at September’s national election whether they want to pass a bill that would legalise cannabis and regulate how it is used a…
News of Kaletra being tested as a possible treatment for the disease sparks panic buying Coronavirus – latest newsA drug used to treat people with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is being trialled in patients in China as a possible therapy against the…
Consumer NZ says its use could lead to liver damage and companies need consent from drug safety bodyThey are touted by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Cardi B and regularly enrage positive body image campaigners who say they encourage eating-dis…
Exposto was initially found to be an unwitting drug mule, but prosecutors appealed and she was sentenced to death last yearSydney grandmother Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto has won her appeal against a death sentence for drug trafficking in Malaysia and wi…
Illegally trafficked migrants will stay silent if police continue to report victims to Home OfficeIn January 2018, a terrified 18-year-old Vietnamese man walked into a police station in London and told police that he had spent five years being traffick…