Drugs
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Philippines police chief and Duterte drug war enforcer resigns in meth scandal
Oscar Albayalde denies allegations he profits from drug deals arranged by corrupt officers in 2013The chief of…
- Drugs, India, Opioids, Opioids crisis, Pharmaceuticals industry, South and Central Asia, US news, World news
Opioids addiction rising in India as US drugmakers push painkillers
As the Indian government loosens its prescription opioid laws after decades of lobbying by palliative care adv…
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Facing fire over opioid crisis, US drugmakers eye a booming new pain market in India
As India loosens its stringent narcotics laws, US companies including Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratori…
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Cocaine worth $2m washes up on New Zealand beach
Police and locals search sand at Bethells Beach west of Auckland after 19 packages marked with unusual symbols…
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Two Australians paraded in shackles after Bali drug arrests
Charges yet to be laid against former Melbourne nightclub promoters William Cabantog and David Van Iersel Two …
- Asia Pacific, Catholicism, Christianity, Drugs, Drugs policy, Philippines, Politics, Religion, Rodrigo Duterte, Society, World news
The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs
President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent crackdown has left 20,000 dead, and in a devout country, he has repeatedly…